How Woke Politics Are Endangering Our Military and Our Nation

A review of one of the most important books of the last decade.  

"When Trump came into office, he was opposed at every turn and had his hands full trying to be President with the deep state trying to sabotage his every effort.  So, the DEI industry during his term, went underground and kept on pushing DEI, etc. It will be different this time, if he is elected. He now knows how embedded the deep state is and will be much more effective at rooting the rot out.' ”

"It is not often that I write a book review and find that the book has gotten under my skin, so to speak. When this happens, as was the case in reading Don’t Give up the Ship: Woke Politics are Endangering our Military and our Nation by The Calvert Task Group, it is because I felt as if I were in the presence of a rare and lost breed of military men: patriotic and possessed of punctilious courtesy, refined manners, liberal education, and personal honor.

"Such is the nature of the men who are the authors of this unprecedented book. They are a group of Naval Academy graduates from the Class of 1969. The moniker for the group is derived from Vice Admiral James Calvert who was the inspirational Superintendent of the Naval academy during their attendance. As you read this stupendous book of personal stories, policy recommendations and, as importantly, an analysis of the way in which woke ideology is weakening our military and demoralizing the Department of Defense (DoD), you will witness a phalanx of honorable men, devoutly dedicated to the armed forces of America and to their country who are still putting up a brave fight. They have given every American a secular Bible functioning as a moral inoculant against the idea pathogens infecting our military.

"The ultimate goal of the book is to describe and provide solutions for the manner in which Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policies, and Critical Race Theory (CTR) are destroying our military.

"A Great Reset is taking place in the military of our beleaguered republic. All this is happening while China and Russia are mocking the United States and expanding and accelerating their imperialist plans.

"As two of the authors, Brent Ramsey and Michael D. Pefley, point out in one of the essays, Social Justice imposed by the state is annihilating the military. Despite the fact that 45% of the military identify as minorities, the DoD insists that DEI are military necessities.

"But let us define our terms here. The authors spell out very clearly what is meant by DEI. Diversity is the promotion of division based on identity quotas or targets; Inclusion is a code for exclusion of specific groups based on race, gender and sexual identity; and Equity—not to be confused with equality—is based on equality of outcomes (usually quotas) which is reformulated Marxism.

"If you want to know why today’s youth are not motivated towards military service and the ways in which they are unqualified from an academic and physical-readiness perspective, then read this book and process the solutions and recommendations offered by its authors." . . .