You know i've laid off posting here for some years now and finally, I think it's time again. I wish it wasn't.
I play golf with a bunch of Republicans. these guys are smart and hard-working guys but they believe their congressman when he goes and says that the military is indoctrinating people in left wing idealogy.( whatever that is)
Since I spent half my life in the military I told them it wasn't true.( they don't believe me) But this is Trump's playbook. Accuse them of what you want to do, your people get all mad, and then you get to do what you accuse them of doing. (BTW, Chuck Hagel, former Senator from Nebraska and former Sec of Defense under Bush, wrote an op ed in the New York Times yesterday regarding this subject. )
To be more specific the DEI courses. Well first, DEI courses are a 1 day seminar per year. If I wanted to indoctrinate someone it would take a lot more than a 1 day seminar. Second, they have never seen the curriculum nor been to a class, or been in the military. It's just what someone said on fox entertainment channel on the weekend. That guy was a major in the National Guard. he never led more than 20 people anywhere. He has no knowledge of what DoD DEI courses contain. . How the heck would he know? He doesn't. So in essence trump wants to politicize the military so that it will arrest people he doesn't like or who disagree with him. If this occurs, it's the end of free speech.