US Military Pinned Down By Republican Fire On 'Wokeness'

"When the US Army released a recruitment ad showcasing a female soldier who had been raised by two mothers, liberals saw a military leadership comfortable in its own skin and strengthened by the diversity in its ranks.

But conservatives cringed at what they perceive to be a "woke" fighting force weakened by effete generals with a liberal political agenda and a compulsion to virtue signal at the expense of combat preparedness."

"Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Trump's main rival for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, has claimed that "China is laughing" over a supposed fixation with pronouns in US military leadership."

"Meanwhile Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin got into a shouting match in the House last year as a far right congressman accused the former four-star general of allowing the Pentagon to "embrace socialism" with mandatory "pronoun training.""
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