Hon. ROBERT CHARLES, Esq.
Memo to the Senate: Stop the Marxist Takedown of Our Military! The U.S. Senate must reject Marxist leaders for the U.S. Military Services
Hon. ROBERT CHARLES, Esq.
Former Assistant Secretary of State for Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; former U.S. Navy intelligence officer
I'll keep it short. First of all, this is a really an extraordinary group of people you've assembled. And it's an honor to be just talking among them, three simple points.
One, psychological warfare. Just look it up is what's happening here inside our armed forces, as was just mentioned, it's not accidental. It's intentional. Any senator who really believes in future of the country needs to understand that word and what's happening inside our Pentagon.
Point number two and of course, General Boykin, who is just I don't have enough words to describe what an incredible warrior he is, would tell you as everybody else on this on this panel, that the only reason we have a Pentagon is to deter wars. And if we have to fight them to win them. And I would encourage when it comes to cohesion and understanding the whole point of a military, that senators should just take a little time the next weekend or whenever they have a chance and just watch a couple of episodes of ‘Band of Brothers’ understand what this is all about. Understand when cohesion is critical and it's critical all the time. So that's the second.
And the third thing I just wanted to mention is having worked for Ronald Reagan and his White House, you know, he used to say that facts are stubborn things and the facts are tipping against us hard.
In 1987, we had 3.3 million members of the armed forces. Today we have 2 million members of the armed forces and we're watering it down.
In 1987, we had 3.3 million members of the armed forces. Today we have 2 million members of the armed forces and we're watering it down. There's an opportunity cost. Anytime you're trying to distract somebody over into 'Wokeism,' you're missing the opportunity to train them in war fighting and to be ready for what is happening. And of course, then to convince the world that we are ready. And the sad part is that we're in a we're in a time when you have elevating threats and declining readiness. And the declining readiness is evidenced in just an abundance of facts. But among those last year, all the services missed their recruiting targets. This year, the Army will miss it by 20,000.
If you're a United States senator, you need to think hard about whether you're going to use your time now to save the country or if you're going to be complicit in its erosion.
If we cannot keep the civilian side of the recruiting pool away from drugs, away from obesity, away from wokeness and aware of how critical it is that they come up, step up to defend their country. And if we can't within the military, keep ourselves focused on retention. Retention was also at an all-time low. So, we have to remember that this [time our] country is defended [by] only 1% of this country that is on active duty at any given time, and the entire veteran pool in this entire country is less than 7% of the population. We have to find these people. They have to be willing to step forward. And wokeism is hurting us from within the Pentagon, from within the military and in the civilian sector. And that's it.
If you're a United States senator, you need to think hard about whether you're going to use your time now to save the country or if you're going to be complicit in its erosion.