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But that’s not what happened.
"At issue was a planned Nov. 17 event dubbed the “Dakota Patriot Rally” at the state fairgrounds in Minot, and the text warned personnel “to be cautious” if they were in the area, especially because some rally-goers “could be confrontational to military members.”
Nothing was said about their careers/political affiliation, the message was about their safety.
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You don’t need to be condescending.
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You don’t need to be
For real. Our servicemen should be free to vote for an support whatever candidates they feel best represent them. Not just whoever the brass wants them to support.
This group is an extension of the turning point USA tiki torch people. They’re led by Charlie Kirk, a bigoted hate monger who’s only purpose in life since 2012 has been attracting adherents by telling them who to hate and blame.
TP USA played a huge role in the insurrection, and as such, the U.S. military issuing a warning is perfectly logical.
And the military wonders why recruitment numbers are down. At least its not as bad as having everyone install keyloggers on their personal phone like that one base did a couple years back.
And the military wonders why recruitment numbers are down.
https://usafacts.org/articles/military-recruitment-is-down/
Politics isn’t on the top ten list of reasons why people aren’t joining. The number one is fear of injury/death followed by psychological issue. And given how poorly this country treats veterans, it makes sense.
Oh there’s tons of reasons. But bad leadership is definitely one of them. Maybe not politics specifically, but bad leadership in general. I probably been more specific.
The powerpoint presentation doesn’t list out the options, which makes me wonder what options they had. https://jamrs.defense.gov/Portals/20/Documents/YP54Fall2022PUBLICRELEASEPropensityUpdate_20230713_v1.pdf
Politics is an important issue.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/01/us-military-has-politics-problem/
I doubt pizza ever served as terrorist sympathizers are quickly weeded out. First time he praised Hamas, his DI would he corrected his attitude.
When I served, it was mainly rural conservatives and inner city light liberals. Overall the military was consecutive because militaries are tradition based groups.
When you break the traditions, conservatives will be less inclined to join.
