{"id":1978226,"date":"2023-07-20T07:24:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T11:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-nominee-for-top-pentagon-job-is-an-unapologetic-dei-activist\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T07:29:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T11:29:27","slug":"bidens-nominee-for-top-pentagon-job-is-an-unapologetic-dei-activist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-nominee-for-top-pentagon-job-is-an-unapologetic-dei-activist\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s Pentagon Pick: Unapologetic DEI Advocate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbidens-nominee-for-top-pentagon-job-is-an-unapologetic-dei-activist%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1978226&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div \u200cclass=\"article-content\"> \u200d\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p><h2>Is\u200d Gen.\u200d Charles\u200d Q. \u2062Brown \u200cthe \u2062Right\u2062 Choice to Lead the U.S. Military?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2064   \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>As\u200b the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rashida-tlaib-opposition-to-crt-rooted-in-racism-dog-whistle-for-racists\/\" title=\"Rashida Tlaib: Opposition To CRT \u2018Rooted In Racism,\u2019 \u2018Dog Whistle For Racists\u2019\">highest-ranking officer<\/a> in \u2062the\u200b United States \u2064armed forces,\u2062 the chairman\u2063 of the \u2064Joint\u2063 Chiefs of \u200dStaff \u2063(CJCS) is the \u2062primary advisor \u200cin military\u2062 matters to the president, Department \u200cof Defense,\u2062 Homeland Security \u2062Council,\u2063 and the National Security Council. Do\u2063 the \u200dskill sets\u200d and \u2063history\u200d of\u200d political\u2062 activism of \u2064the current\u2062 nominee, Gen. \u2063Charles\u200d Q. Brown, qualify \u2064him to lead the\u2063 country\u2019s military \u200dduring \u2064these \u2062turbulent\u2063 times?<\/p>\n<p> \u2063  \u200b <\/p>\n<p>The \u200dUnited \u200dStates \u2062military\u2019s\u200b reputation \u200cand\u200d mission readiness are\u200c in \u2064free fall, \u2062and\u200d diversity,\u2063 equity,\u2064 and \u200cinclusion programs \u200d(DEI), which pervade\u200c the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hispanic-caucus-takes-aim-at-african-american-veterans-service-on-key-panel\/\" title=\"Hispanic Caucus Takes Aim at African-American Veteran\u2019s Service on Key Panel\">armed services<\/a>, \u2064bear much of the blame. \u2062<a \u200chref=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/nation\/states\/center-square\/air-force-embraces-dei-recruitment-falters\" target=\"_blank\"\u200c rel=\"noreferrer\u200d noopener\">Brown \u2063supports<\/a>, promotes, and \u2064defends DEI \u2063passionately\u200b and\u200c unapologetically. Plunging \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/mises.org\/wire\/falling-military-recruitment-another-sign-waning-faith-regime\" \u200dtarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">enlistments<\/a>,\u200d declining \u200b<a \u2064href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/news\/military-americans-losing-trust\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u2063 rel=\"noreferrer \u2062noopener\">public trust\u200b and \u200cconfidence<\/a> \u2062in \u200bthe highest\u2062 echelons of command, lowering \u2064physical fitness and \u200captitude\u2064 standards, \u200dand plummeting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/military-strength\/executive-summary\"\u2063 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\u2064 noopener\">military power \u200cratings<\/a> are \u200dthe\u2063 result\u2064 of\u2062 these \u200dself-inflicted wounds.\u200d Just\u200b as saltwater tarnishes \u2062a\u2062 sword, \u200dDEI \u2062erodes the\u200d fabric \u2062of \u200btrust, competence, and\u200c unit \u2063cohesion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long \u200bd-flex \u2062justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: \u200ccenter;\u200b \"\u2063 id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-146145280\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\"\u2062 class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div\u2062 class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f4d896729df89f4d706343c1bbe22f6c fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\"\u200d id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f4d896729df89f4d706343c1bbe22f6c\"><\/div>\n<p>  \u2063  <\/p>\n<p>Brown\u200b represents \u2062<a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/courage-strength-optimism\/the-destruction-of-the-military-by-euphemisms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer \u200cnoopener\">DEI \u200din \u200ceuphemistic terms<\/a>\u200b that are\u200c palatable \u2064to \u200bthe\u2064 public and allude to fairness and equal opportunity.\u2064 But \u200c<a \u200chref=\"https:\/\/www.realcleareducation.com\/articles\/2023\/02\/10\/the_equity_delusionand_its_marxist_roots_110821.html\" \u2062target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DEI has\u2064 deep \u2064Marxist roots<\/a> \u2062based on critical \u200dtheories, where\u2062 merit is minimized, \u2062and power structures\u200c are based \u2062on \u200didentity, \u200doppression, and racism. \u2063It\u2063 is \u200ca stealth \u2062weapon devised by\u2062 academics that \u2064breeds\u2063 conformity of\u200b thought, marginalizes members\u2062 of \u200corganizations \u2064solely due\u200c to\u2064 superficial characteristics, \u2064and \u200c<a\u200b href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/opinion\/jordan-peterson-when-the-left-goes-too-far-the-dangerous-doctrine-of-equity\"\u200c target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer \u200cnoopener\">engenders favoritism<\/a>. The \u200bAir \u200cForce\u200c faces a <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2023\/03\/03\/perennial-pilot-shortage-puts-air-force-in-precarious-position\/\"\u2064 target=\"_blank\"\u2062 rel=\"noreferrer\u200b noopener\">2,000-pilot \u200cdeficit<\/a>, but Brown\u2019s priority is \u2063not focused on this crucial\u200b concern but\u2063 rather the\u2063 racial and\u200b sexual\u200d distribution \u200cof the \u200cpilots \u2062he commands.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062\u200c  \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>His unwavering support of\u200d <a \u200bhref=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/08\/30\/air-force-leaders-set-new-goals-to-diversify-officer-corps\/\"\u200b target=\"_blank\"\u200d rel=\"noreferrer\u2064 noopener\">identity-based \u200bquotas<\/a> and \u200cDEI\u2062 imperatives \u200bis sufficient to\u2062 justify and rationalize \u200cthe \u2062purge\u2064 of\u200c the \u2062depleted\u200b pilot corps \u2062of\u2064 competent aviators \u2062that is\u200d composed of too\u200d many\u200d white males.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b \u200d \u200d <\/p>\n<p>With deep\u200b divisions within \u200bthe\u2063 military and\u2062 the\u2062 uncertainty of\u2063 its\u200d ability \u200dto defend \u200cthe country, Brown\u2019s leadership\u200c style \u200bcomes into\u2062 question. An\u200d effective \u200cleader \u200bcannot adhere\u200c to an ideology\u200c that denigrates many of \u200bthose \u200bunder\u200d one\u2019s command. Leadership embodies \u200b<a \u2064href=\"https:\/\/www.brainyquote.com\/quotes\/dwight_d_eisenhower_149096\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eisenhower\u2019s<\/a> humility\u200d as\u200c it\u2064 relates \u200bto blood\u2064 and \u2064sacrifice, \u200cthe qualities \u200dimbued \u200bin Shakespeare\u2019s \u200c<a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/www.realcleardefense.com\/articles\/2022\/10\/26\/the_st_crispins_day_speecha_repudiation_of_diversity_and_inclusion_861291.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer \u200bnoopener\">St.\u200d Crispin\u2019s\u200c Day Speech<\/a>, \u2064and \u200cChiang Kai-Shek\u2019s <a \u200chref=\"https:\/\/www.brainyquote.com\/quotes\/chiang_kaishek_539294\" \u200dtarget=\"_blank\" \u200drel=\"noreferrer \u200dnoopener\">testimony<\/a> \u200cto morale and\u2063 spirit.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063 \u2063  <\/p>\n<p>Brown has\u2062 served as the \u200bAir Force\u2064 chief of \u200bstaff since 2020.\u2064 The Heritage Foundation\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/military-strength\/executive-summary\" target=\"_blank\"\u200d rel=\"noreferrer \u200cnoopener\">2023 Index of Military \u2062Strength<\/a>\u201d\u200d notes that\u200c under his \u2064tenure,\u200c the Air\u2062 Force\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elite-american-university-remains-in-alliance-with-the-chinese-communist-party\/\" title=\"Elite American University Remains In Alliance With The Chinese Communist Party\">military strength<\/a>\u200c has descended \u200bfrom \u201cmarginal\u201d in 2021, to \u2063\u201cweak\u201d in\u200c 2022,\u200d and \u200bto the \u200dlowest mark\u2063 of \u200d\u201cvery \u2064weak\u201d\u2063 in 2023.\u200b Brown\u2019s\u200d command \u200bstyle \u2063<a\u2064 href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/government\/security\/air-force-chief-staff-faces-complaint-over-statements-discriminating-against\" target=\"_blank\"\u200c rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prioritizes\u200c diversity<\/a>,\u2062 but\u200b the inexorable diminution of\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-nominee-for-top-pentagon-job-is-an-unapologetic-dei-activist\/\" title=\"Biden's Pentagon Pick: Unapologetic DEI Advocate\">military strength\u200b raises grave \u2062concerns<\/a> about the\u2062 practice. The intentional \u2062selection of personnel based\u200d on\u2063 race and \u200cideology prompted\u2062 the \u2062watchdog \u2063group \u2064the \u200b<a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/government\/security\/air-force-chief-staff-faces-complaint-over-statements-discriminating-against\"\u2063 target=\"_blank\" \u200drel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American \u2063Accountability Association<\/a>\u200d to\u200b file a complaint \u200babout\u2062 possible\u2064 violations of\u2062 the \u2064Constitution \u200bfor illegal\u200c hiring practices.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-9d17a6a73722c9d3e7b25be20a46b07f\u200b fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-9d17a6a73722c9d3e7b25be20a46b07f\"><\/div>\n<p>\u200c  \u200b \u200b <\/p>\n<p>Within a month \u200cafter the \u200dGeorge Floyd \u200cincident, Brown,\u2062 who \u2064was serving as\u2064 Pacific Air \u200bForce commander, publicly voiced his <a\u200c href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2020\/06\/05\/stop-everything-and-watch-the-likely-next-air-force-chief-of-staffs-powerful-statement-on-race\/\" \u2064target=\"_blank\" \u200crel=\"noreferrer noopener\">private opinions<\/a>. \u2064In an \u2063emotional presentation, \u200bthe\u200c general\u2063 departed from the military\u2019s \u2062customary practice\u200c of remaining silent on political \u2063issues. \u2062His\u2063 rendition of the events personalized \u200cthe\u200b tragedy\u200c but lacked \u200ccontext and served \u200cas\u2062 an \u200bindictment\u200b of\u200b America \u200cas intrinsically \u2064racist. Despite\u2062 being a \u2062beneficiary\u2063 of an\u200b Air Force\u2062 career \u2062that\u200c few achieve, \u2062he revealed\u200d himself\u2064 as a \u2062person \u2064consumed by \u200cbitterness and\u2063 self-righteousness\u2063 rather\u2064 than \u200ba \u2064sage\u200d leader striving \u2062for \u200bsolutions and\u2062 assuring his \u200dsubordinates that \u200cjustice would \u200cbe served.\u200b His words\u200d evoked concerns about his temperament and \u200cpenchant for \u2064analyzing \u2062complex\u2064 problems through\u2064 a racial lens.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c \u2062\u2062  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>Brown has\u2062 not resisted \u2062the\u2062 temptation to\u200b opine boldly \u200cin \u200dpublic about controversial political\u200c issues. The\u200d public\u2019s\u200c trust in \u2062the military has been trending downward \u2064for the \u200dpast 20\u2063 years \u2064and \u2063is\u200b approaching \u200bhistoric lows. \u2062High-ranking officers \u2064have \u200cbecome\u200c openly political,\u200b eschewed impartiality, \u2064<a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/brownstone.org\/articles\/when-generals-quibble\/\"\u2062 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">quibbled<\/a>,\u200b or openly\u200b lied\u2064 to the public. Why \u200cwould \u200dmembers \u200dof the military, whose\u2062 members represent generations\u200b of\u200d men\u200d and \u200bwomen \u200bwhose\u200b reputations \u2064are based on\u200d honesty,\u2064 trust,\u2064 and integrity, \u2063emulate the ethos of \u2063members \u200cof \u2063Congress, whom \u2063only 9 percent of Americans\u2063 rate \u201cvery \u200bhigh\u201d \u2062or \u201chigh\u201d\u200c in \u200cthese <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/1654\/Honesty-Ethics-Professions.aspx\"\u200d target=\"_blank\"\u2062 rel=\"noreferrer \u2063noopener\">character \u200ctraits<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>\u200b  \u2062  \u2062<\/p>\n<p>The choice \u2062to install Brown as the next \u2063CJCS\u200d is\u2064 overtly political. The public should\u200d be\u200d skeptical\u2062 of \u2064the\u2064 general\u2019s contentious\u200d leadership \u200cstyle, \u200cwhich\u2063 is anchored in DEI \u200bideology \u2014\u2063 a Marxist-derived\u2063 philosophy, which he\u200d has aggressively\u200b instituted\u200d throughout\u200c the\u200c Air Force.\u2062 During his term \u200das Air\u200d Force chief of\u2062 staff,\u2062 the Air Force has experienced a \u200bprecipitous \u2063drop \u200bin morale, \u2064recruitment goals, \u200bmission readiness, and personal standards. As CJCS, is he willing and able \u2063to convey\u200d sensitive information\u200d relating to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tucker-carlson-confronts-desantis-on-alleged-flip-flopping-on-ukraine\/\" title=\"Tucker Carlson questions DeSantis about Ukraine stance.\">national \u200dsecurity<\/a> to the \u200chighest reaches of\u2064 government without introducing personal\u2062 bias? There are \u2064too many red flags.\u200b The\u2063 new CJCS \u2063must heal\u200c the military\u2019s\u200d gaping\u200c wounds and\u200d restore its\u2062 traditional\u200d priorities \u2063of \u2062ability, service,\u2063 and unity \u200cwithout\u2064 regard \u2062to \u2063phenotype.<\/p>\n<p>Brown is not \u200cup \u200cto \u2064the task.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-32e593f9a5c29899970e68fa4bcd5cb5\u200b fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-32e593f9a5c29899970e68fa4bcd5cb5\"><\/div>\n<p> \u200b<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-8ee0cf09198846b8a4cab146b86b0255 \u200dfdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\"\u2064 id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-8ee0cf09198846b8a4cab146b86b0255\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\u2063  \u2063  \t\t\t\t\t \u2064 \u200d\u200c \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the top US military officer, the CJCS advises the president, Department of Defense, Homeland Security Council, and National Security Council. Gen. Charles&#8217; skills and political activism are crucial factors for the current nominee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2218,"featured_media":1978227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1978226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1978226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1978227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1978226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1978226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1978226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}