Not only is the military woke, it's also weak.
A new study from a conservative think tank, The Heritage Foundation, has rated the United States military as weak overall with a low possibility of winning a war against a major power.
Apparently, focusing on "diversity, equity, and inclusion" as well as "white rage" isn't a recipe for a successful military.
From the New York Post:
The US military may not be able to win one war — let alone two — as the Pentagon struggles to keep its forces equipped against potential threats from China and Russia, according a new report on American military strength.
Years of underfunding and "poorly defined priorities" has led the military to become "weak relative to the force needed to defend national interests on the global stage," the conservative Heritage Foundation said in its annual "Index of U.S. Military Strength."
"[T]he current U.S. military force is at significant risk of not being able to meet the demands of a single major regional conflict," the report said. "The force would probably not be able to do more and is certainly ill-equipped to handle two nearly simultaneous [major conflicts.]"
I don't think that the military is particularly underfunded but it's where that funding goes.
We're too worried about creating a gay and trans-friendly military while our enemies are ACTUALLY preparing for war.
"In the aggregate, the United States' military posture can only be rated as ‘weak,'" the report said.
Across the services, the report rated only the Marine Corps as "strong" in the think tank's assessment of force capacity, capability and readiness. While the Army achieved a "marginal" rating, the Space Force and Navy were labeled "weak" and the Air Force bottomed out at "very weak."
It's always the Air Force dragging us down...
"In general, the military services continue to prioritize readiness and have seen some improvement over the past few years, but modernization programs, especially in shipbuilding, continue to suffer as resources are committed to preparing for the future, recovering from 20 years of operations and offsetting the effects of inflation," the report said.
That spells serious trouble as the US gears up to face a rapidly growing and increasingly aggressive Chinese military, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) said Tuesday.
"The particular problem with that is if you look at our priority theater, the Indo-Pacific, the two priority services are the Navy and the Air Force – and those seem to be the ones that are doing the worst," the House Armed Services Committee member told reporters.
The priorities of the military leadership are completely messed up.
They have NO idea how to prepare for war or how to win a war.
"At present, the [Biden] administration's proposed defense budget for [fiscal year] 2023 falls far short of what the services need to regain readiness and to replace aged equipment," the report said, "and Congress's intention to increase the proposed budget by 5[%] accounts for barely half of the current rate of inflation, which is nearing 10[%]."
The armed forces also have capacity problem – not having enough personnel, weapons and other equipment to fight a war. The report rates the Navy worse than its sister services, dropping its capacity rating two notches from "marginal" to "very weak" – the lowest on the scale.
The military can't recruit, we're spending money on the wrong things, and we've gone completely woke.
Here are a few money-saving ideas for the military:
- Fire anyone whose title has the words "diversity" "equity" or "inclusion" in the title.
- Fire anyone involved in the disastrous Afghanistan debacle. Spend money on research and development.
- Don't send State Department money to foreign countries for "drag theater" performances.
