The woke charlatans leading the military are losing the troops respect

 Monica Showalter:

The perfumed princes of the Pentagon with their wokester focus, operate as if they have little to fear in making a hash of Afghanistan. After all, Joe Biden has made it clear that nobody's getting fired. And with all their consulting contracts and revolving board seats, it probably wouldn't matter if they did. Why does General Mark Milley still have a job? Biden's actually out gaslighting the public about how great he's doing.

One problem, though, is emerging from that phoniness:

Growing anger in the ranks. These cossetted leaders no longer have the respect of the troops.

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It seems so much of this is going down that someone high up in the ranks felt compelled to issue this reminder, recognizing probably quite accurately that the military's decadent leadership is actually losing control.

So not only can they not win wars, but they also are losing the respect of the troops.

And if so, it's not surprising. That may just be because of double standards. A soldier on the front lines, after all, is punished for losing track of a single bullet. A general like Milley, who loses a war with huge repercussions for the nation -- goes on feeding at the trough and getting Joe's praise.

It reeks of politics, starting with senior military commanders expressing their open opposition to President Trump, as happened in the last administration. That opened the door to a lot and the leaders who crossed that line got away with it with no consequences.

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All of which contributes to a sense of double standards, deadly in an organization where men and women are asked to give their lives. What we see now in this bad combination of goodies, double standards, wokesterism, and failure is a breakdown of order in the ranks.

When there's one set of rules for one group and another set for another group, and the wokesters take everything political, pinning all the racism on you, and excusing anti-Trumpster political activists, while firing anti-Bidenites, it doesn't take long for the ranks to notice and start to say 'no.'

The wokester leftists started this, paying little attention to U.S. strategic priorities, most particularly that of the welfare of their members in uniform, and now they've made a mess.

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The military has always been intolerant of criticism of senior officers. by those of lower rank.  But good officers have always been interested in the morale of their troops and what they are thinking.  Stifling criticism does not make it go away but it could make it harder for them to retain troops they need.  The woke nonsense coming out of senior commanders is bad for morale and unit cohesion.  That it is coming from the top makes it worse and it could lead to losses worse than that in Afghanistan.  

See, also:

All Hail Your Supreme Leader: Active Duty and Retired Navy Members Are Being Told They Cannot “Disrespect” Biden Over Afghanistan Debacle

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An ONI inside source for The Daily Wire said that these policies were essentially non-existent while Trump was in office, explaining how he had heard former officers repeatedly bad mouthing their commander in chief.
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