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Pentagon denies new push to root out extremists in the ranks is targeting conservative troops
Washington Examiner ^ | 9/08/2021 | Jamie McIntyre

Posted on 02/09/2021 6:17:48 AM PST by Bon of Babble

‘NUMBERS MAY BE BIGGER THAN WE THINK’: The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s Friday memo ordering a one-day stand-down for military leaders and civilian supervisors to discuss the problem of extremism in the ranks with their personnel is not aimed at any one group.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bidensfault; lloydaustin; militarypurge; obamasfault; witchhunt
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The stand-down, to be conducted sometime in the next 60 days, is meant to reinforce department policies...along with a description of impermissible behaviors and procedures for reporting suspected, or actual, extremist behaviors.

This is aimed at exactly one group: white Trump supporters.

This will turn our military into a "snitching" organization pitting soldier against soldier.

1 posted on 02/09/2021 6:17:48 AM PST by Bon of Babble
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To: Bon of Babble

demonize-ostracize-criminalize


2 posted on 02/09/2021 6:20:59 AM PST by joshua c (Dump them all. Twitter, Facebook, Google, Amazon, cable tv, natl name brands)
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To: Bon of Babble

“‘NUMBERS MAY BE BIGGER THAN WE THINK’”

Depending on their definition of extremism. It may be smaller than they think, too, depending on their definition of extremism.


3 posted on 02/09/2021 6:20:59 AM PST by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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Let them prove it. Let's see how quick they are to publicly root out BLM and Antifa.

4 posted on 02/09/2021 6:21:27 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (Guide me, O my great Redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land.)
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“Pentagon denies new push to root out extremists in the ranks is targeting conservative troops”

I wasn’t sure conservatives were being targeted until they denied it.


5 posted on 02/09/2021 6:21:47 AM PST by jeffersondem
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To: Bon of Babble

Like the great job they did at fort hood with Nidal Hassan..muzzy jhihadist shooter?


6 posted on 02/09/2021 6:21:56 AM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (The 2020 election Trump victory determines the fate f America and Freedom.)
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To: Bon of Babble

Austin will be turning the military into a bunch of retarded sexual deviants so he’ll be able to turn them loose to confiscate all firearms once his butt daddy, Xiden gives him the word.


7 posted on 02/09/2021 6:22:18 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: Bon of Babble

Oh crap, it turns out that conservatives enlist in the voluntary armed forces by a 10 to 1 margin over liberals!


8 posted on 02/09/2021 6:22:18 AM PST by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Bon of Babble

Liars


9 posted on 02/09/2021 6:22:32 AM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: jeffersondem

“I wasn’t sure conservatives were being targeted until they denied it.”

Never believe anything until it’s been denied officially.

L


10 posted on 02/09/2021 6:22:45 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: Bon of Babble

There are similarities in the military as in corporations.
White dudes like me know when to not say things and who to trust.
Don’t talk openly to “Karen” and don’t have sex with Karen.
Stick with Whites outside of duty hours.


11 posted on 02/09/2021 6:22:58 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Bon of Babble

The SecDef has stated that it’s going to happen. How do you downplay or deny that?


12 posted on 02/09/2021 6:23:08 AM PST by qaz123
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To: Bon of Babble

Pentagon denies new push to root out extremists in the ranks is targeting conservative troops

"I triple-guarantee it!"


13 posted on 02/09/2021 6:23:49 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Republicans are the court jesters in the kingdom of liberalism)
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Unit cohesion is already low. This will destroy it.


14 posted on 02/09/2021 6:23:52 AM PST by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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Have they actually defined what they consider an extremist to be?

People need to sue the government for starters, and if those lawsuits fail to result in positive verdicts, then the precedent has been set for persecuting military personel based on thier political affiliation.


15 posted on 02/09/2021 6:24:08 AM PST by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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I raise the BS flag on this. The purge began the moment Larda$$ LLoyd took the helm. He was a token who skated up the ranks by crying racism. Gives a bad name for those who are actually part of the backbone of the military.


16 posted on 02/09/2021 6:25:28 AM PST by Slingwing
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To: Bon of Babble

Yeah and want to buy a bridge?


17 posted on 02/09/2021 6:26:18 AM PST by McGruff
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Please don’t equate those you describe as those willing to do anything more than collect a check. The US military is in rough shape right now and has been trending that way for some time.

Every year there are 5% fewer qualified candidates, willing to join the military or join the ranks of first responders. That is from a US Dept of Labor study and goes back a few years. That means either fill ranks with less qualified folks or reduce the numbers.

That’s not to say those that are left won’t be tasked with doing something like you describe, but they’re aren’t going to be too enthusiastic or good at it, if that day ever comes.


18 posted on 02/09/2021 6:28:55 AM PST by qaz123
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To: Bon of Babble

If anyone was being honest, the military has had it out for white, Christian, heterosexual males for awhile. Went into hyper drive under Obama. Problem has always been the due to our white privilege we pass drug screening, physicals and the ASVAB in larger numbers. Note heavy sarcasm. Whites make up a larger portion of the population therefore we made up a larger portion of personnel. The military is a microcosm of society as a whole.

To those of us who served and are serving, except for maybe 1% of all service members, race was never an issue. I disliked Obama, but it never crossed my mind as an active duty military member to disrespect the President. We just don’t do that. We support and defend the Constitution and obey the orders of the President.....etc. we did not need a ‘stand down” to remind us. This a witch hunt.


19 posted on 02/09/2021 6:29:23 AM PST by OldGoatCPO (No Caitiff Choir of Angels will sing for me.)
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They will be given a paper quiz and answers will determine their political leanings; aim is to establish a military utterly loyal to the Regime, like China.

This will be part of a two tier system were massive institutionalized corruption will provide the lubrication that makes things happen, like China.

Look to China to see what the handlers of China Joe and the Ho want the country to become.


20 posted on 02/09/2021 6:29:48 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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