To Balavi Srinivasan: with regard to breakdown in public trust, the reality is much worse than you think and I'm not sure if the end result will be anarchy.
For as long as I can remember every lawful regulation and order issued in the military was treated with a near-religious level of attention and sincere obedience. Disobedience, knowi…
To Balavi Srinivasan: with regard to breakdown in public trust, the reality is much worse than you think and I'm not sure if the end result will be anarchy.
For as long as I can remember every lawful regulation and order issued in the military was treated with a near-religious level of attention and sincere obedience. Disobedience, knowing or otherwise, was strictly and immediately addressed. These mores were enforced through a shared culture of doing the right thing no matter who was watching or standing by. There were some regulations that strained credulity, like not being allowed to walk while holding a cell phone in uniform, but even those were often enforced through group social pressure. There was the gradual breakdown of uniform standards with the adoption of special allowances for religious minorities to where hijabs, yarmulkes, and traditional beards, as well as ponytails and jewelry worn in uniform. There is the new "equity" push that gives the top 25% of females a boost to their physical fitness scores.
The trouble with what's happening today with post-Delta, post-Biden management of the military goes beyond incredulity. After the humiliating defeat in Afghanistan, the vaccine mandates, and the mask mandates, I am for the first time seeing overtly hostile political language toward the commander in chief. I'm seeing widespread scorn and non-compliance with various mandates. I never heard someone willing to retire or accept a felonious dishonorable discharge to refuse an experimental vaccine, as many of us had already taken the anthrax vaccine. It used to be true that any kind of mental health treatment within 5 years of enlistment would disqualify a candidate for service, but today gender dysphoria is not a disqualifier but is celebrated, most notably by our first "female" admiral. The blowback has not come yet, but it will and could signal something worse in the near future that many would not see coming and would be worse than the general anarchy that many of you expect to be the new normal now that polarization has become so bad.
Never forget that even in true-Blue New York City there are many places like Staten Island where no one wears a mask and will yell at you if you heckle them. The less faith there is that we are being governed responsibly the more disobedience there will be and the less trust. It's time to leave each other alone again.
Amplifying your comment..Secretary of Defense Ausin's 60 day standdown to search the ranks for 'extremists' and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Milley meditation on 'White Rage'. The DOD will now give medical care to any transgender during their transition. The emphasis in basic training on inculcating 'values' that mimic corporate HR memes.
To Balavi Srinivasan: with regard to breakdown in public trust, the reality is much worse than you think and I'm not sure if the end result will be anarchy.
For as long as I can remember every lawful regulation and order issued in the military was treated with a near-religious level of attention and sincere obedience. Disobedience, knowing or otherwise, was strictly and immediately addressed. These mores were enforced through a shared culture of doing the right thing no matter who was watching or standing by. There were some regulations that strained credulity, like not being allowed to walk while holding a cell phone in uniform, but even those were often enforced through group social pressure. There was the gradual breakdown of uniform standards with the adoption of special allowances for religious minorities to where hijabs, yarmulkes, and traditional beards, as well as ponytails and jewelry worn in uniform. There is the new "equity" push that gives the top 25% of females a boost to their physical fitness scores.
The trouble with what's happening today with post-Delta, post-Biden management of the military goes beyond incredulity. After the humiliating defeat in Afghanistan, the vaccine mandates, and the mask mandates, I am for the first time seeing overtly hostile political language toward the commander in chief. I'm seeing widespread scorn and non-compliance with various mandates. I never heard someone willing to retire or accept a felonious dishonorable discharge to refuse an experimental vaccine, as many of us had already taken the anthrax vaccine. It used to be true that any kind of mental health treatment within 5 years of enlistment would disqualify a candidate for service, but today gender dysphoria is not a disqualifier but is celebrated, most notably by our first "female" admiral. The blowback has not come yet, but it will and could signal something worse in the near future that many would not see coming and would be worse than the general anarchy that many of you expect to be the new normal now that polarization has become so bad.
Never forget that even in true-Blue New York City there are many places like Staten Island where no one wears a mask and will yell at you if you heckle them. The less faith there is that we are being governed responsibly the more disobedience there will be and the less trust. It's time to leave each other alone again.
Amplifying your comment..Secretary of Defense Ausin's 60 day standdown to search the ranks for 'extremists' and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Milley meditation on 'White Rage'. The DOD will now give medical care to any transgender during their transition. The emphasis in basic training on inculcating 'values' that mimic corporate HR memes.