These idiots won't be happy until we are weaker than France.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Calls for 60-Day ‘Stand Down’ to Discuss Extremism in the Military

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday ordered U.S. military commanders at every single unit across the force to focus for the next 60 days on discussing extremism with service members.

“Today, I met with senior leaders to discuss extremism in the military. As a first step, I’m ordering a stand down to occur over the next 60 days so each service, each command and each unit can have a deeper conversation about this issue. It comes down to leadership. Everyone’s,” he tweeted Wednesday.

Austin, the department’s first black defense secretary, had vowed during his confirmation hearing on January 19, 2021, to “rid our ranks of racists and extremists.”

Pentagon officials say they are not sure yet how big the problem of extremism in the military is.

According to the New York Times, the FBI notified the Department of Defense it had opened criminal investigations involving 143 current or former service members in 2020. Of those, 68 were related to domestic extremism cases, and one-quarter of those were associated with white nationalism.

There are approximately 1.3 million active-duty members and reservists in the U.S. military.

Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby cited the protests at the Capitol on January 6 to contest the results of the 2020 presidential election, where some pro-Trump supporters broke into the Capitol building and engaged in violence with police.

He said the presence of veterans and active-duty service members at the protests was a “wake-up call” for the Pentagon.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) called the stand down a “political litmus test” for the military.

“Biden’s Defense Secretary ordered a 60 day service-wide stand down to address ‘extremism’ within the US Military. This is nothing but a political litmus test of our brave men & women. It is obscene & dangerous to use soldiers who risk their lives for America as political pawns,” Boebert tweeted.

“We can hardly be surprised by these political litmus tests given Biden’s political vetting of the 26,000 National Guard troops in DC for his inauguration. I spoke up, as did many others, warning that would open up a very dangerous precedent & less than a month later here it is,” she added.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/...y-stand-down-discuss-extremism-military/

They know exactly what they're doing. Creating racism and hate within. Divide and Conquer. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. They are creating their own demise.

Extremism will be defending the Constitution and not some temporary resident of 1600 Pennsylvanian Ave.

Maybe the FBI is just following an agenda set forth by a party.

Sounds like military personnel will need to pass a political loyalty test. It's happening fast.

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The F.B.I, C.I.A and A.T.F are nothing more than political muscle of the DemoRatic party. The last 4 years should have proved that to even the biggest dolt.

may have trouble getting enough volunteers. military volunteers pretty much want to defend freedom. vote for pro gun anti communist candidates. the exact opposite of what president bidet wants.

LOL

Ok as one Fox news reporter said. They better define extremism . Is it one party's opinion or just all republicans. Leftist is extremism for some people. BLM is extremism to some ???

It saddens me to even say this but many young people I've talked to over the years have no desire to go into the military for many reasons. VN started any "patriotism" and the downfall. :-( . . . Now I hear "well it's a job if I can't get one some other place.", or "only if they bring back the draft and I can't run someplace else.", "I'll get medical benefits and some money" etc., and then the worst one . . . "As long as I don't have to fight in a War". Sad, very sad :-((((

74 million of us are the extremist. Just like Hitler tried to destroy the Jewish race, the Dems want the same thing. They are evil.

That's what happens when you don't teach history in your schools, you don't teach civics, you don't demand respect, you cater to foolish childish whims, you take God out of the equation and replace it with loose morality, disrespect, hate of your country, hate of it's people and hate of it's history. Can you expect less? These kids have no idea of what people have sacrificed for them. The sad part is that they may never.

Again, sadly yes.

The military should not be weakened with another social experiment paid for with our tax dollars...

It's not an experiment, they know exactly what they are doing.

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Why don't they investigate political extremism? That is where the problem lies.