Issue 38: February 2016
Military/Social Issues Emerging in Presidential Race
In the 2016 Presidential Race, national defense and military/social issues are assuming greater importance. This article by Rowan Scarborough of the Washington Times highlights the consequences of budget cuts in Special Operations Forces communities, which are being worsened by new burdens associated with administration-mandated social experiments:
- Washington Times: US Special Forces Not Ready to Integrate Women, Report Finds
Scarborough quoted CMR and passages from the RAND report for U.S. Special Operations Command that we have been researching in recent days. The 265-page substandard document was authored by mostly-civilian "experts" who are clueless about what it takes to create and sustain these elite fighting teams.
The RAND report recommended policies for Special Operations Forces, including Rangers, Delta Force and Navy SEALs, and discounted politically-incorrect opinions that special operators expressed in surveys and focus groups. These participants were labeled "extreme responders" if they expressed opposition more than twice on the official eight-item survey. (p. 139)
Stephen Dinan of the Washington Times, who is following the presidential primary race in South Carolina, reported today that contrasts in the positions of presidential candidates Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, and Ted Cruz may be drawing the attention of defense-minded voters:
- Washington Times, Ted Cruz Breaks from Republican Rivals on Draft
This article, posted on our website www.cmrlink.org, provides Update #2 on the 2016 CMR Quadrennial Presidential Candidate Survey:
CMR does not endorse candidates, but we will continue to seek responses from Republicans who have not answered yet: Donald J. Trump, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, John Kasich, and
Dr. Ben Carson.
Questions and concerns about military/social issues are important because a relentless combination of budget cuts and burdens of political correctness are eroding the strength of the All-Volunteer Force.
We are headed for what could become a Jenga Block Military. If the Obama Administration continues to remove resources from the Jenga block tower's base, while loading burdens of social engineering on the top, the structure will become increasingly unstable and eventually fall.
We are headed for what could become a Jenga Block Military. If the Obama Administration continues to remove resources from the Jenga block tower's base, while loading burdens of social engineering on the top, the structure will become increasingly unstable and eventually fall.
Our military is the best in the world, but its strength and integrity cannot be taken for granted. It will be the responsibility of the next Commander-in-Chief to maintain and strengthen our military by restoring necessary resources and removing heavy burdens caused by social experiments.
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Sincerely,
Additional Articles of Interest:
- Jude Eden, The Stream, Our Next President Needs to Know: Drafting Women Is a Bad Idea Because Women in Combat Is a Bad Idea
- Rich Lowry, NY Post: Republicans Fail to Scream at the Lunacy of Drafting Women
- Jessie Jane Duff, Allenbwest.com: Female Gunnery Sergeant Has Hardcore Response to Rubio/Christie/Bush on Women in Combat (printable file is here.)
- Ray Starmann, U.S. Defense Watch, The Great Social Experiment Takes the Field - in the War of 2020
- Tony Perkins, Family Research Center, GOP Plan a Rough Draft For Our Daughters
- NRO Editorial: Only a Barbaric Nation Drafts Its Mothers and Daughters Into Combat
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The Center for Military Readiness is an independent public policy organization that specializes in military/social issues. Additional information on these topics and more are posted on the website, www.cmrlink.org.
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