Rep. Michael Waltz sounded the alarm on the 'wokeness' in the military after data from the Heritage Foundation found nearly 70 percent of service members have experienced politicization.
National Security Strategy, released in October, 2022, listed climate change as the"greatest and potentially existential" threat facing all nations. The U.S. Army has also released a"climate strategy" which calls on the service to cut emissions by 50% by 2030 from 2005 levels and reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
Waltz argued in the face of an increasing threat from China, and the continued threat from countries like Russia, North Korea and Iran, politicizing the military is a distraction from what is important. "I often say, it’s about the standards that it takes to win our nation’s wars," Waltz said."Those are distractions from being the best of the best and doing what it takes to defend this great nation.
U.S. Navy sailors walk with the flag on the flight deck of the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier on January 18, 2020 in Coronado, California. One result of the politicization of the military, Waltz said, is low recruiting numbers. In 2022, the U.S. army came 15,000 soldiers short of meeting its recruitment goals.
"When they start losing trust in their leaders, that’s when you start having retention problems and a recruiting process," he said. "I have no issue with having a very wide-eyed view of history, and understanding the abuses that happened to Native Americans, to people of color throughout our history," Waltz added."I want every soldier, every cadet in the military to understand that.
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