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South African Military Reduced to Jobs Program

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Even moonbats have a use for the military. In fundamentally transformed South Africa, it serves as a jobs program.

Daily Friend reports on the fate of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF):

Today, under the African National Congress government (ANC), the SANDF is increasingly being reframed not as a warfighting institution, but as a socio-economic intervention mechanism. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent remarks that the Department of Defence is “a partner in government efforts to curb unemployment” amount to far more than a harmless political soundbite. They represent a quiet but unmistakable admission that the South African military has drifted so far from combat readiness that the state is now searching for alternative justifications for its existence.

Because it serves primarily to produce make-work,

Salaries consume the overwhelming majority of the defence budget, leaving insufficient funding for training, maintenance, procurement, ammunition stockpiles, flying hours, naval deployments, or force modernisation.

Possibly worse,

The military ceases to think like a fighting force and starts behaving like a state employment programme wearing camouflage.

Fortunately, South Africa is not currently menaced by external enemies. Not so fortunately, its worst enemies are internal — and have prevailed.

During the brief reign of Joe Biden’s handlers, a defining purpose of the US military was to promote homosexuality (see here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, etc.). If Democrats regain control, the liberal agenda will again be prioritized, with effects similar to those inflicted on the SANDF. America will be trapped between enemies both without and within.

On a tip from abcanc.

Canada Attempts to Staff Officer Corps With Recent African Immigrants With Unfortunate Results

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The Canadian Armed Forces are finding out the hard way that staffing the officer corps with recent immigrants from Africa has its drawbacks. Via Juno News:

A confidential Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School report has revealed a complete breakdown in basic officer training following a surge in permanent resident enrolment.

When moonbats piously bark “Diversity is our strength!” they are lying. A Quebec platoon shows what diversity looks like:

The Quebec platoon saw fewer than one in two recruits graduate, while allegations of racial discrimination were made in multiple directions, from candidates against staff and between candidates of opposing ethnic blocs themselves.

Contempt for female officers is a major issue. It seems women’s lib never caught on in the Dark Continent.

The most dramatic example [of the wheels coming off] unfolded in a French-language Basic Military Officer Qualification (BMOQ) platoon that was 83% permanent residents, many of whom had been in Canada for as little as three months.

The platoon has featured lack of respect for peers and superiors as well as infighting between candidates from Cameroon and Ivory Coast.

A Third World country — which progressives are rapidly progressing toward in Canada — will naturally have a Third World army.

On a tip from R F.

Senator Mark Warner Appears to Call for Military Coup

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Remember when Democrats screeched that insurrections were a bad thing? That was back before they started to look real:

Virginia Senator Mark Warner … said in an interview with MSNBC that he hopes that “uniformed military” may “save” the country from Trump’s presidency.

This apparent call for a military coup is consistent with fellow senators encouraging servicemembers to disobey orders, followed by suggestions that they will be punished if they don’t once Democrats regain power.

Warner’s call for insurrection came wrapped in childish insults and the laughable lie that Trump and Pete Hegseth disrespect the military but is still significantly more alarming than a demonstration against election fraud getting a little out of hand on January 6:

Key quote:

“The uniformed military may help save us from this president and his lame people like Hegseth because I think their commitment is to the Constitution and obviously not to Trump and I expect [Admiral Frank] Bradley to adhere to that.”

On the contrary, their commitment is to Trump in accordance with Constitution, per which he is the top of the chain of command. But until they regain power, Democrats are opposed to civilian control of the military.

Even if they fail to overthrow the elected president, Democrats want to at least take out Hegseth. Their intense hostility toward the Secretary of War is a great honor, proving that he is the right man for the job.

On a tip from RoCar.

Mark Kelly Could Face Court Martial for Sedition

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Mark Kelly pushed Democrat arrogance to a new extreme by encouraging service members to disobey orders. He may face consequences:

The Department of War released a statement on Monday announcing it will review “serious allegations of misconduct” against Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., a retired Navy captain.

The allegations should not be hard to substantiate. They arise from a widely viewed video that he made with the similarly unsavory Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and congresscritters Christopher DeLuzio (D-PA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), and Jason Crow (D-CO).

“In accordance with the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 688, and other applicable regulations, a thorough review of these allegations has been initiated to determine further actions, which may include recall to active duty for court-martial proceedings or administrative measures,” the statement read.

The video attempted to stay technically within the law by referring to “illegal” orders. However, the congressional miscreants could not give an example of which orders should be regarded as illegal.

Orders are presumed to be legal, or military discipline would come unraveled. The obvious intent of the video was to encourage insubordination so as to hamstring their own country’s elected government.

From our Secretary of War:

“Foolish” is a generous interpretation of their behavior — though Kelly is certainly foolish enough, because unlike the others he is subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

The others could be held responsible too:

[The Department of War] reminded the public that federal laws “prohibit actions intended to interfere with the loyalty, morale, or good order and discipline of the armed forces,” adding “any violations will be addressed through appropriate legal channels.”

These channels should be vigorously pursued with each of the Seditious Six. At the very least they should be removed from office immediately, if only for the sake of national security.

On tips from Wiggins and Varla.

Dem Rep Madeleine Dean Gripes About Trump Paying Troops

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Yet again besting Democrats, Trump found a way to get US servicemembers paid during the Schumer Shutdown. While Democrat pols wallow in luxury, he is pulling $8 billion in unobligated research and development funds to pay Americans who signed up to put their lives on the line for their country. Congresscreature Madeleine Dean (D-PA) is not pleased. Meanwhile, CNN tries to spin it as Trump prolonging Democrats’ shutdown antics:

The axis of evil comprised of the Democratic Party and the liberal establishment media once seem insuperable. Trump has reduced it to a laughingstock.

On a tip from David Kight.

Vet Denied Access to Base Over Pro-Trump Hat

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Having become infested with leftists, military brass suppresses the liberties servicemembers fight to defend. Last I knew, Moonbattery.com was still inaccessible on military bases, this site having been designated a “hate site” (i.e., not in compliance with liberal ideology) during the Obama Regime. This hat is another example:

Michael Rohlfs, a 79-year-old retired Marine Corps aviator, was denied access to Naval Air Station Oceana for wearing a hat that read, “Liberty, Guns, Beer, Trump, BBQ” (LGBTQ). Navy leadership said the hat was “degrading, hostile, and offensive” and banned him from all Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) activities in the entire Navy Region Mid-Atlantic for 90 days.

Nothing perceived to be insufficiently obsequious toward the militantly sexually deranged is permitted. Supporting the Commander in Chief when he is disliked by liberals compounds the thought crime.

After years with moonbats like Mark Milley and Lloyd Austin atop the Pentagon, the Armed Forces must be infested with leftists who impose their own Deep State.

This sounds ominous:

The Navy also asserted in the barment letter that further “disciplinary and/or judicial action” may be initiated.

Meanwhile,

MWR sanctioned a drag show performed on a Navy ship by an enlisted sailor. In 2023, the Navy used the same sailor, Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelly—drag name “Harpy Daniels”—as an ambassador for recruitment. Kelly is still active on TikTok speaking out against decisions of the Trump administration and filming TikTok videos on Navy ships, on Navy bases, and in uniform. It also appears that he dressed in drag while deployed in Spain. Has the Navy sent him a letter?

Maybe he got a letter of encouragement.

On a tip from abcanc.