American Greatness – J. M. Phelps
Confidence in the U.S. military is sadly dwindling during the Biden administration and its two-year track record: overseeing a horrific Afghanistan withdrawal that cost innocent lives; bullying and punishing service members over the dangerous COVID-19 shot; and mandating America-hating “woke” training in the name of diversity.
According to a recent Gallup poll, the public is paying attention to those failures: Public confidence in the U.S. military has plummeted to its lowest point in over two decades.
“At 60%, confidence in the military was last this low in 1997 and it hasn’t been lower since 1988, when 58% were confident,” the poll reveals.
Stretching back to the 1980s, Ronald Reagan’s presidency, the Gulf War victory, and American’s response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Americans were proud of our armed forces and their sacrifices.
And then came President Joe Biden’s administration.
“We are witnessing the implosion in real time,” warns Bradley Miller, a former U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, “of what has historically been a highly regarded institution in the view of the American people.”
Miller previously served as a battalion commander in the 101st Airborne Division. In October 2021, he was relieved of command for refusing the jab under the unlawful direction of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and his COVID-19 vaccine mandate for service members.
Miller’s refusal, and the Army’s punishment, ended a 19-year career.
“Sadly,” Miller laments, “the military has wildly deviated from its responsibilities to support the Constitution and uphold cultural values.”
He contends the “erosion of trust” is directly linked to the direction in which senior military officials have led the force over the course of the past few years. Citing the vaccine mandate and Afghanistan withdrawal, the former airborne officer says Americans are now witnessing the Pentagon’s “unbelievable endorsement” of transgender service members. Those military members are undergoing hormone replace and major surgeries, all paid for by taxpayers, but are then useless to their commanders while doing so.
It appears American civilians have now concluded, Miller says, “readiness and defense are no longer the Pentagon’s top priorities.”
In fact, some military veterans are concluding the Pentagon is doing far worse than just ignoring its purpose to “kill people and break things” with its $2 trillion budget.
“When I tell you the communists aren’t DESTROYING the military, they’re building one for a different purpose,” Jesse Kelly, The First TV host, tweeted this week.
Kelly, a U.S. Marine veteran, has warned for some time the Pentagon is purging right-leaning, patriotic, and religious service members who are viewed as troublesome by the military’s top brass. On social media and on his radio and TV shows, he has read first-hand accounts from those veterans who say they were purged by their top commanders.