The woke military won't work - American Thinker

 

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Eric Utter "Some British soldiers are demanding that their nation's armed forces introduce vegan uniforms that comport with their beliefs and practices.  According to online reports, a newly formed group in the British Army called "The Ministry of Defence Vegan and Vegetarian Network" has launched a campaign to empower vegans and vegetarians in the armed forces.

"One of the policies proposed by the vegan group is for military personnel to have the option to wear vegetarian-approved footwear not made from real leather.  Incredibly, the Royal Air Force has allegedly considered the notion.  This despite the fact that "vegan leather" may well be worse for the environment than real leather due to its lack of biodegradability and its use of plastic polymers.  Moreover, the non-animal-based synthetic materials are less durable than natural ones, such as the genuine leather used in standard military combat equipment.  Furthermore, the vegan alternatives would be significantly more costly than current materiel — and simply unfeasible in some instances.  

"The move to make the military openly inclusive to every woke group, no matter how small, is part of a broader effort by proponents of Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity (DIE) to revamp military doctrine to reflect trends they say are "relevant to our soldiers in the 21st century."  Such as doing away with the recognition of sexual dimorphism and gearing up to fight white supremacy, Christianity, patriotism, "toxic masculinity," and climate change?". . .

You do know about the Peter Principle, don't you?

 

"The Peter Principle is an observation that the tendency in most organizational hierarchies, such as that of a corporation, is for every employee to rise in the hierarchy through promotion until they reach a level of respective incompetence. In other words, a front-office secretary who is quite good at her job may thus be promoted to executive assistant to the CEO for which she is not trained or prepared for—meaning that she would be more productive for the company (and likely herself) if she had not been promoted.

"The Peter Principle is thus based on the paradoxical idea that competent employees will continue to be promoted, but at some point will be promoted into positions for which they are incompetent, and they will then remain in those positions because of the fact that they do not demonstrate any further competence that would get them recognized for additional promotion.

"According to the Peter Principle, every position in a given hierarchy will eventually be filled by employees who are incompetent to fulfill the job duties of their respective positions." . . .

Way back in 2009 B.O. was well-sized-up. Murphy's Law, the Peter Principle and Barack Obama - American Thinker: 

The Peter Principle has reached its pinnacle in President Barack Obama.

. . ."If one wants a hawks-eye view into the minds of Obama voters, all one need do is read this piece published by the New York Times last week, detailing the fantasies, dreams and drooling-envy delusions of his followers.  Their celebrity is now their President. "The perfect collision of Murphy's Law with the Peter Principle has arrived to explode in our faces.  In the words of Britain's most eloquent commentator, "America, what have you done?"

 The Latest Example of the Peter Principle - Imgflip

Holocaust survivor speaks out against rising hate crimes, says BLM anti-Semitic

There is an overabundance of evil in this nation, being manifested in the forms of many Democrat politicians and celebrities, such as Maxine Waters and her constituents who beat Reginald Denny to the point of death; in our education system that calls right wrong and the repulsive beautiful; in violent young people who walk up to the unsuspecting and shoot them in cold blood; who punch elderly people they pass on sidewalks into a bloody pulp; of evil politicians who attempt to damage reputations of well-meaning national leaders with demagoguery...where to stop?  The Tunnel Dweller

Fox News  "EXCLUSIVE: A survivor of the Holocaust spoke out against a spate of anti-Semitic attacks in America, saying that Jewish people need to come together in solidarity against the hate.

"In 1941, when he was just one and a half years old, Sami Steigmann and his parents were deported by the Romanian government and put into the Mogilev-Podolsky labor camp in an area of Ukraine known as Transnistria.

" 'Being so young, a year and a half, I obviously could not work. And most of the kids did not survive," Steigmann said in an exclusive interview with Fox News. "So if you will ask any survivor ‘how come you are alive today,’ everybody will use only one word, and that is ‘luck.’"

" 'My luck was that I was never separated from my parents," Steigmann continued. "[The Nazis] did medical experiments on me and the side effects, I felt them all my life, every second, and I will feel them for the rest of my life."

"US SEEING WAVE OF ‘TEXTBOOK ANTI-SEMITISM’ AMID ISRAEL-GAZA TENSIONS

Sami Steigmann and his parents were deported in 1941 by the Romanian government and put into a labor camp in Ukraine. (Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center)

"Steigmann, a motivational speaker who has made it his life’s mission to educate people through EMET – an acronym standing for "Educate, Motivate, Empower and Tolerance" that is also the Hebrew word for "truth" – said the nation has a "problem with anti-Semitism" and warned that "the cry ‘Never again’ is happening again.' " . . .

Tlaib ally runs organization accused of promoting anti-Semitism | Fox News   "An ally to Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., runs an organization that the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) says has "provided a platform for anti-Semitism." 

"University of California at Berkeley instructor Hatem Bazian is a Tlaib ally and donor who is also a co-founder and professor at Muslim liberal arts school Zaytuna College. In 2006, Bazian founded a controversial, advocacy organization named American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), which has featured Tlaib at events

"Tlaib was the "guest of honor" at AMP's annual convention in December 2019 and months earlier in July delivered a briefing organized by AMP to over 70 people. The Michigan Democrat also addressed AMP's Palestine Advocacy Day delegates in April of 2019.". . . 

Laptop from Hell

 Laptop from Hell | Book by Miranda Devine

Addict, Degenerate and Bagman of a Corrupt Family Enterprise Exposed - American Thinker   "It is hard to find words to describe the debauched and sleazy satyr that is Hunter Biden and how he used his family name and his father’s status as an important American politician to become an extraordinary international grifter involved in multi-million dollar -- sometimes billion dollar -- deals with international entities that included corrupt criminal enterprises such as Burisma Holdings of Ukraine and the government- and military-controlled companies of Russia and China, international enemies of the United States.

"His business activities and lifestyle were revealed on the laptop he left in a Wilmington, Delaware Mac computer repair shop owned by a Mr. Isaac, who took possession after Hunter failed to pick it up after 90 days.  Mr. Isaac had already fixed the water damage and looked at the contents, found discussions about Burisma (the Ukrainian oil and gas company) so he arranged through his father, a retired Air Force Colonel, to turn the laptop over to the FBI in Arizona.". . .

"Laptop from Hell puts on display the personal life of a sociopath -- whoring, partying, blowing gigantic amounts of money on expensive hotels, toys, clothes, cars, homes -- excesses that can only be marveled at along with mistreatment of friends, associates, family, involvement in criminal and immoral nihilistic behavior.  Hunter is a monument to bad parenting -- so he is Exhibit One for the case that Joe and Jill Biden are their own form of sociopath -- sociopathic behavior runs in families for a reason.

 "In history, sociopaths have played important destructive roles because they have no moral compass and no commitment to virtuous conduct.   A republic cannot stand without a virtuous people.

"[V]irtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government." George Washington

"Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics."  John Adams

 Full article here.

See what meth does to your teeth:

The huge lie in Garry Trudeau's Sunday edition of Doonesbury

 Andrea Widburg  "I started reading Doonesbury comics in 1971 or so, as soon as the syndicated cartoon first hit the San Francisco Chronicle.  I read those strips religiously for years.  In many ways, they provided my political education.  That's probably still true for generations of people, no matter their age, who turn to the comics first when they get the paper.  That's why it matters greatly that, in yesterday's Sunday comics, Garry Trudeau told a blatant lie about the newly enacted election laws in Georgia.  He needs to be taken to task, and I've volunteered for the job.". . .

. . ."Biden has already lied about this law.  Last March, he told reporters that Georgia "passed a law saying you can't provide water for people standing in line while they're waiting to vote."  False.  Of course, it's debatable how many people listen to Biden, so maybe the damage from the lie is limited.

"However, lots of people read the comics, and Trudeau has now told exactly the same lie.  Mike Doonesbury's daughter, Alex, is busy trying to charter a bus.  Doonesbury overhears the conversation, including her asking the bus owner, "Why would the bus be fire-bombed?"  When Doonesbury asks what the bus is for, Alex explains.  See if you can spot the lie:

Alex: A bunch of us are going to Atlanta this fall.

Doonesbury: Atlanta? What for?

Alex: To pass out water to voters waiting in line. It's against the law in Georgia. And if we get hauled off to jail like Dr. King, so be it! The whole world will be watching.

"If the State of Georgia were a person, I would tell it to sue Trudeau for such a grossly defamatory lie.". . . 

Biden Looks Around the World for Oil While Ignoring One Major Country's Supply

 Last week, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said importing oil from Iran, the world's largest state sponsor of terror, was being considered. 

Townhall    The price of oil has blown past $125 per barrel this morning as the Biden administration's climate change agenda continues to hamper progress on lowering costs. 

Over the weekend, a number of State Department diplomats were deployed to Venezuela in hopes of pulling off sanctions on the Maduro regime in order for the U.S. to tap back into the country's oil supply.

. . .Last week, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said importing oil from Iran, the world's largest state sponsor of terror, was being considered.". . .

 SCOOP: Biden’s advisers are discussing a possible visit to Saudi Arabia this spring to help repair relations and convince the Kingdom to pump more oil, Axios has learned.

Of Course, That's Who America's Socialists Blame for the Russia-Ukraine War

We get the leaders we deserve, from this shallow teeny-bopper to that skateboarding troubled teen. TD

 Townhall

"Ukraine is hanging on against staggering odds. Russia has yet to gain air superiority and its tanks are running out of gas. The logistics of this invasion have been a disaster. Russia having more men and materials will be the reasons for why it wins this war—if that ever happens. The Ukrainians are mounting a tenacious and valiant defense that's left scores of Russian tanks, helicopters, and aircraft in piles of rubble. Russian troops are also being mowed down. Ukraine's holding, but it needs arms and ammunition. It's on its way, but the airport situation is unstable. In the meantime, that 40-mile Russian convoy could be taken out by some A-10 Warthogs, conditions permitting, as it's sitting idle, but once it moves, it will be part of the death knell push to win the war. 

"So, while we discussed matters at hand, America's socialists decided to do what they do best: blame America. Yes, they blamed America for the Ukraine war due to our imperialistic endeavors or something. They do know that it's Russia who invaded, right? Students for a Democratic Society, which has Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) as a member, decided to add its two cents into this conflict. It should have kept the change (via NY Post):. . ."

The Babi Yar ravine in Kiev is the site of some of the worst massacres of World War II.

... Anyway, the coverage from Babi yar made the headlines both in Soviet and US media and shattered the recent skepticism (in Western media) regarding the genocide on an industrial scale, the one which would be overcome only in 1944-1945 with the horrors of the concentration (Buchenwald, Dachau, Bergen-Belsen) and death camps. ...

Babi Yar today: History and Photos of Babi Yar ravine (war-documentary.info)  . . ."Those doomed to death were separated in small groups and convoyed down to the ravine under the supervision of Sonderkommando 4a officers. As for the open site itself, there was no direct visibility of the spurs of the ravine from that point: natural ups obscured the ravine and narrow foot passes allowed it to get down. Fated Jews had a devastating ability to hear the gunshots as well as screams of the previous groups. Regardless of the conventional misinterpretation (that all people were killed on a very tiny section of the ravine) of the topography of Babi yar, the 29-30 September 1941 massacre was put into action within a vast part of the ravine, at least 500 meters in length. The shootings were assigned to three separate killing squads, made of the mixed members of Sonderkommando 4a, Waffen-SS, and 45 police battalion: each of the squad operated in its own part of the ravine.". . .

Remembering Babyn Yar and Ukraine's forgotten 'Holocaust by Bullets' - BBC News

. . ."On October 2, 1941, Heinrich Himmler, the Reichsführer of the Third Reich, visited the city of Kyiv as a part of his ‘working visit’ to occupied Ukraine. FRIEDRICH JECKELN, one of the architects of the Babi yar massacre and the annihilation of the Jews in Kyiv, reported to the Reichsfuhrer on the results of the ‘Sonderauftrag’ and later organized a gala party for the executioners under his command. Jeckeln made a pompous speech all while condoning the crimes. The overwhelming majority of the members of the special squads (beyond Kyiv as well) used to regard the fate of their victims indifferent and cold-bloodedly, conventionally justifying taken measures, thus mas killing. Any disaffection on the killing of helpless civilians and POWs in Kyiv was voiced within this ‘festive occasion’. Along with that, the German executioners included a small proportion of men, who empathized with the victims of the racial war and even took diligent actions.". . .  

A final comment: 

1. @David Kirschner

   05 March 2022

   It was the Soviet army to the rescue of my mother who endured unimaginable evil while imprisoned in Auschwitz. Fast forward to 2022 and this time it’s the Soviets who have unleashed their brand of inexplicable violence in Ukraine.

    

   
   

Putin’s attack on memory at Babyn Yar - The Boston Globe   . . ."But the missile strike, which killed five people and damaged Kyiv’s iconic TV tower as well as a building that was slated for use as a Holocaust museum, underscored more than the tragic consequences of this Russian war of aggression. It serves as a reminder that older Soviet dreams of empire — the same dreams now being revived by Vladimir Putin — have always been shadowed by a devastating war on memory itself.". . .

Babyn Yar: Anger as Kyiv's Holocaust memorial is damaged - BBC News

Babi Yar massacre: Poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko recollects - BBC News  .

. ."When I recited Babi Yar for the first time in public, there was an avalanche of silence. I was absolutely shocked - paralysed.

And afterwards a very, very little old woman with grey hair and a cane - her cane had been knocking against the stage - she came to me in the dead silence.

She said just one sentence, "I was in Babi Yar." She was one of the survivors who crawled from under the mountain of dead bodies.

The poem was a criticism of anti-Semitism worldwide, including Soviet anti-Semitism, and was against all kinds of racism. 

"The testimony of Obergefreiter Hans Isenmann, of the SS division “Viking”, at the trial of case No.1679 “On the atrocities committed by fascist invaders on the territory of the Ukrainian SSR.” Kiev, January 19, 1946."

Russia’s detention of WNBA star sparks fears Putin may use anthem-opposing player as bargaining chip

 BPR  "There are increasing fears that Vladimir Putin intends to hold a women’s professional basketball star who was arrested after she arrived in Moscow last month as a hostage as tensions between Russia and the U.S. continue to intensify.

"WNBA superstar Brittney Griner was seized by Russian authorities at Moscow’s airport for allegedly being in possession of an illegal substance in the form of hashish oil contained in a cartridge for a vape pen that was in her luggage, an offense that could result in a prison sentence of 5-10 years if she’s found guilty.

"With Putin not budging despite a crushing onslaught of official sanctions along with actions by the “public-private partnership” to cripple Russia financially – most recently the move by both Visa and Mastercard to suspend all operations by deactivating their cards for Russians – some suspect that Griner could be used as a bargaining chip.

"The two-time Olympic gold medalist who plays for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury last made contact with the outside world on February 5 when she posted to Instagram, since then there has been silence from the 31-year-old seven-time All-Star.". . . 

. . .Some were unsympathetic to Griner’s plight, pointing out that she has opposed the national anthem before Mercury games and said that she would not be on the floor if the “Star-Spangled Banner” was played.

A couple years ago she protested playing of the National Anthem. She’s about to find out how good she had here in the US.

WNBA news: Brittney Griner reportedly detained in Russia https://t.co/zksGXOdLq7

— Tbone’s Ghost (@sundeviltrouble) March 6, 2022

‘Profoundly embarrassing’: Douglas Murray claims Kamala Harris was ‘painful’ in Ukraine talks

 

"US Vice President Kamala Harris’ speech at the Munich Security Conference in the midst of the Ukraine crisis was “beneath something that a school child would say,” according to author Douglas Murray. “Kamala Harris said, in front of her European colleagues … ‘we’re looking at the possibility of war in Europe guys’,” Mr Murray said."

Mark Villano: I loved it when Biden said that our thoughts and prayers were with the Iranian people. As far as Kamala is concerned, what scares me the most is that he selected our next Supreme Court Justice using the exact same criteria and list of "qualifications" that he used to pick the VP.When you select leaders solely because they have specific appearances you get a "dunderhead" Video

Alabama Gas Station Manager Says He Removes Five Or Six Biden ‘I Did That’ Stickers From Gas Pumps Each Day

 Alabama Gas Station Manager Says He Removes Five Or Six Biden ‘I Did That’ Stickers From Gas Pumps Each Day (legalinsurrection.com)

"If you’ve been to a gas station lately, you may have seen the small stickers featuring Joe Biden, usually positioned so that he is pointing to the price with the caption, “I did that.”

"The stickers are sold in packs of 100 online, and they’re turning up everywhere.

"One gas station manager in Alabama was recently featured in a local news report about this and said that he removes five or six of the stickers from his pumps every day.

"Apparently, stations can be fined by their corporations for vandalism if the stickers aren’t removed.

"Nicole Zedeck reports at WAAY News in Alabama:

Satirical sticker at North Alabama gas pumps bringing problems for gas station owners. . .

 You might see the derisive stickers up in New Hampshire, the swing state Biden is set to visit on Tuesday to promote his $1.2 trillion infrastructure package that just passed Congress…

Biden’s approval rating in the Granite State is the same as it is nationally — abysmal. And the passage of the infrastructure bill won’t change that, no matter how much the Democrats and CNN celebrate it. . . .

Reflections on Putin’s Invasion

Americans should ask why the feckless and lethargic Joe Biden, the worst president of the modern era, also moved inexplicably, slowly for months in arming Ukraine, just as he was months behind in pursing orderly, phased withdrawal from Afghanistan and opted for humiliating chaos there, as well as leaving behind weapons that could have been salvaged and, in many cases, sent last year to Ukraine.....

 The American Spectator  The only way this ends is for somebody in Russia to take this guy out" Lindsey Graham

"This is not World War III.

"Despite their indoctrination, Russian military leaders do not share Putin’s archaic siege mentality, that Russia must defend against a perennial attack from NATO — which has proven itself, at best, entirely defensive. With no Communist Politburo to restrain or oust him, Putin nonetheless cannot assume a compliant military. In typical old-line Communist fashion, Putin likely will shame and relieve of command some Russian officers, scapegoated for simply doing his absurd bidding.

"As I write this, WNBA Star Brittney Griner is being detained in Russia. This is right out of the old Soviet Union playbook: intimidate America by arresting Americans, even to be held and later traded in future negotiations. We’ve seen this movie many times.

"We despair and cry as we watch — in real time —brave people suffering against Putin’s evil. But Putin is not Russia! For two decades Putin has wanted this and bided his time; he moved alone against Ukraine (why now?) because our president is Joe Biden, and the next two in line are even worse, Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi.

"Calibrated sanctions over months and weeks escalated as Putin moved more troops into the region, might have avoided this invasion, its death and destruction and humanitarian tragedy. But that would have taken a real commander in chief, robust leadership, strategic thinking, and a team that believes in America, rather than masochistically tearing down our country regularly, here and in the eyes of the world. Indeed, Biden’s U.S. Agency for Global Media is more likely to apologize for our country rather than tell America’s story; our once creative agitprop is a relic.". . .