{"id":2265782,"date":"2024-06-12T10:12:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T14:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-only-our-military-prioritized-winning-wars-as-much-as-it-did-celebrating-lgbt-radicalism\/"},"modified":"2024-06-12T10:17:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T14:17:11","slug":"if-only-our-military-prioritized-winning-wars-as-much-as-it-did-celebrating-lgbt-radicalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-only-our-military-prioritized-winning-wars-as-much-as-it-did-celebrating-lgbt-radicalism\/","title":{"rendered":"If Only Our Military Focused on Winning Wars as Much as It Promotes LGBT Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fif-only-our-military-prioritized-winning-wars-as-much-as-it-did-celebrating-lgbt-radicalism%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=2265782&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--><p>The article discusses the U.S. military&#8217;s promotion of LGBT values, \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dan-rather-trumps-team-a-revolving-door-of-criminals\/\" title=\"Dan Rather criticized Trump's administration, calling it a 'revolving door of criminals\">highlighting recent events<\/a> where military personnel and installations engaged in activities related to &#8220;Pride Month&#8221;. Airmen at Osan Air Base in South Korea were recently authorized to wear a &#8220;pride \u2063morale patch&#8221; on their uniforms, which represents \u2064the Air \u200bForce&#8217;s commitment to diversity and\u2064 inclusion. In a related instance, the Marine Corps Installations Pacific responded\u2062 to criticism of \u200ctheir\u2063 support for Pride Month\u2063 on Facebook, emphasizing that supporting pride aligns with the Marine\u200c Corps&#8217; values of honor, courage, and commitment. However, the\u2064 article criticizes these actions as signs of the military&#8217;s decline, linking them to broader issues \u200clike recruiting challenges and accusing the military of pushing a leftist agenda. The critique is framed\u200c within a broader argument that such \u200dideological focuses are\u200d detracting from the military\u2019s overall readiness.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>At a time when war is raging in Ukraine and the Middle East, the U.S. military is busy flaunting its support for LGBT insanity. <\/p>\n<p>The most recent example came earlier this week when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/branches\/air_force\/2024-06-09\/pride-morale-patch-air-force-14132681.html?utm_source=Stars+and+Stripes+Emails&#038;utm_campaign=Daily+Headlines&#038;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stars and Stripes<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/officer-fired-for-donating-25-to-kyle-rittenhouse-defense-fund\/\" title=\"Officer Fired For Donating  To Kyle Rittenhouse Defense Fund\u00a0\">left-wing outlet<\/a>, revealed that airmen stationed at Osan Air Base in South Korea are authorized to wear a \u201cpride morale patch\u201d on their uniforms this month to celebrate leftists\u2019 made-up \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/p-is-full-of-pride-nickelodeons-blues-clues-pushes-lgbtq-message\/\" title=\"\u2018P Is Full Of Pride\u2019: Nickelodeon\u2019s \u2018Blues Clues\u2019 Pushes LGBTQ Message\">pride month<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-48310241\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-8696037b486411f9af455cc5586a3be2 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-8696037b486411f9af455cc5586a3be2\"><\/div>\n<p>A photograph of the patch published by the outlet shows an LGBT flag encircled by a black ring with the words \u201cOsan+\u201d and \u201cOsan Air Base ROK\u201d on it. Capt. Michelle Chang told Stars and Stripes the patch \u201crepresents the advancement of the Air Force\u2019s commitment to diversity, inclusion, dignity, and respect within the mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The patch was devised by Osan Plus, a pro-LGBT organization created at the base in October, according to the outlet. Tech. Sgt. Brittany Ortega, the group\u2019s president, said getting the patch approved was easy and added that \u201cour leadership really, really just wants to promote the acceptance of LGBTQ service members and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As cringe as it may be, Osan Air Base\u2019s promotion of \u201crainbow jihad\u201d isn\u2019t the military\u2019s most embarrassing display of fealty to LGBT radicalism this month. Stars and Stripes separately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/branches\/marine_corps\/2024-06-07\/marine-corps-pride-month-critics-14107707.html?utm_source=Stars+and+Stripes+Emails&#038;utm_campaign=Daily+Headlines&#038;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> Friday that Marine Corps Installations Pacific, which oversees branch operations in the Pacific, went out of its way to respond to Facebook users criticizing its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/YftV4jmZA4NFXgHm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post<\/a> celebrating \u201cpride month.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>One user and alleged service member by the name of Eduardo Flores blasted the command for making the post, writing, \u201cThe USMC does not take pride in a sexual agenda that continues to be shoved down our throats. Servicemembers do not wish to continue being associated with a sexual movement that has nothing to do with the military and what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-64ffe27987ff23f228d11579c8e6af6c fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-64ffe27987ff23f228d11579c8e6af6c\"><\/div>\n<p>An MCIPAC-operated account responded to Flores\u2019 comment with the motto, \u201cOnce a Marine always a Marine,\u201d before referencing branch policy on discrimination that includes references to so<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-approves-gender-equality-act-in-224-206-vote\/\" title=\"House approves gender \u2018Equality Act\u2019 in 224-206 vote\">-called \u201cgender identity<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The command issued a separate comment claiming it \u201cunderstand[s] that this is an issue that many people feel strongly about,\u201d but that \u201csupporting pride aligns with the Marine Corps\u2019 values of honor, courage, and commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Force in Decline<\/h2>\n<p>The military\u2019s infatuation with <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/dei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DEI-style ideology<\/a> isn\u2019t new. The force has openly commemorated leftists\u2019 rainbow holiday for years, even going as far as <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/06\/the-air-force-is-using-taxpayer-money-to-fly-service-members-to-branch-pride-events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">using<\/a> taxpayer money to transport service members to military-sponsored \u201cpride\u201d events. <\/p>\n<p>What defenders of these needless celebrations refuse to acknowledge, however, is that the military\u2019s obsession with LGBT radicalism and other neo-Marxist ideologies is undercutting its overall readiness.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e00068a74099a06253c53b07922a7cf1 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e00068a74099a06253c53b07922a7cf1\"><\/div>\n<p>Since Joe Biden assumed the presidency, the military has experienced its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/defense\/commentary\/the-military-recruiting-crisis-getting-worse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politicization-of-the-military-shows-democrats-and-republicans-recruiting-crisis-through-different-ideological-lenses\/\" title=\"Politicization of the Military Shows Democrats and Republicans Recruiting Crisis Through Different Ideological Lenses\">worst recruiting crisis<\/a><\/a> since shifting to an all-volunteer force in the early 1970s. Every branch in the service, with the exception of the Marine Corps and Space Force, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/01\/25\/report-americas-weak-military-is-unable-to-juggle-multiple-regional-conflicts-at-once\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">missed<\/a> its recruiting targets for the 2023 fiscal year. The <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/01\/12\/white-men-dont-want-to-join-an-army-that-tells-them-they-arent-wanted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Army<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2023\/10\/10\/navy-misses-active-duty-reserve-recruiting-goals-for-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Navy<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2023\/09\/14\/entire-air-force-to-miss-recruiting-goal-the-first-failure-since-1999\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Air Force<\/a> missed their goals by roughly 10,000, 7,400, and 2,700 recruits, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Data obtained by The Daily Caller earlier this year <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/02\/13\/exclusive-a-huge-blow-decline-in-white-recruits-fueling-the-militarys-worst-ever-recruiting-crisis-data-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">indicates<\/a> the ongoing crisis is \u201clikely\u201d being fueled by a significant drop in white recruits. Military.com, a left-wing outlet, published <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/01\/12\/white-men-dont-want-to-join-an-army-that-tells-them-they-arent-wanted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">similar findings<\/a> regarding Army recruitment in January. The outlet noted how \u201c[n]o other demographic group\u201d has experienced such a downward trend in recent years, adding that the \u201crate at which white recruitment has fallen far outpaces nationwide demographic shifts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the same time it\u2019s promoting LGBT insanity, the military is also ignoring critically important infrastructure problems throughout the service. America\u2019s naval fleet is <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/11\/how-years-of-decay-and-neglect-crippled-americas-navy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rapidly shrinking<\/a>, with ships going into retirement faster than manufacturers can produce them. The Pentagon has compounded the problems by <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/18\/america-ignores-major-military-infrastructure-problems-at-its-peril\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spending recklessly<\/a> on faulty ships and aircraft that experience routine problems and cost millions (if not billions) to repair.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d76b5d172af1ca900e10a1e648dc6e23 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d76b5d172af1ca900e10a1e648dc6e23\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, the U.S. military is showcasing its support for LGBT rights. 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