They're putting political correctness ahead of reason and common sense because they're terrified of being tarred and feathered as "not woke".
You need to understand, the executive class in the military i.e the ones who make these policy decisions, they are not what you think of when you hear the word "Soldier". On the contrary, they're largely worthless, unprincipled, sniveling cowards who would do anything to save their own skins. They see a woke communist outrage mob coming, and they drop to their knees and pledge their fealty.
Well... you have to admit... if they waited until they reached the front lines and self annihilated themselves... that would be a stunning and demoralizing shock factor against our enemies...
They should be, but the ruling party is intentionally politicizing the military in order to convert them from the Canadian Armed Forces into the Liberal Party Armed Forces, who will have no loyalty to Canada or Canadians, but rather be loyal only to the Liberal Party and Trudeau. That way they can be turned against dissenting Canadians, and they won't feel like they're betraying anyone since they serve Trudeau, not Canadians.
This is the same model by which partisan units were devised in other countries. The Baathist Republican Guard, the Waffen SS - these were party loyal military organizations, not nationally loyal ones. Their purpose was to protect the ruler's grip on power, against the pop[ulace if necessary. This is what the Canadian military is being converted into. It's what Biden is doing to the US military too.
Just imagine the uproar if Harper had told the military to march in right-wing protests while wearing their uniforms, or filtered out people with Liberal views at the recruiting centre.
This is the mark of the beast, folks. This is what 3rd world dictators do. They turn the military against their own people in order to secure their own power. This is happening right before our very eyes.
Just imagine the uproar if Harper had told the military to march in right-wing protests while wearing their uniforms
I mean Harper gave the military the thumbs up to wear uniforms in the Toronto Pride Parade for the first time ever. Did he politicize the military too?
Yes. He should never have done that. I suspect he did it out of fear of being called a homophobe by the media and the opposition, which is even worse because it's the radical left forcing the government's surrender of the armed forces to their cause through threats and intimidation.
Or best case scenario he did it because he saw the "Pride" movement as non-partisan at the time (since the CPC were taking a pro-gay position by then).
Maybe "Pride" was nonpartisan at the time, but today the whole thing is hyper-partisan which means the military shouldn't be anywhere near it.
Edit: And it doesn't even matter how contentious or non-contentious an issue is. Even if 100% of Canadians support X, it's still inappropriate for the military to rally/demonstrate in support of X, because the military as an institution does not have the right to an opinion on X. Their opinion on X is whatever elected government tells them it is. That's the military's place in a free society. For the military to stand up and say "Yeah, we agree with elected government on X" is to suggest that the military has the prerogative to agree or disagree with elected gov't on an issue. They do not.
In the military, if the Colonel tells you his attack plan and you (a Private) say "I agree, good plan", you will get a strip torn off you. That's insubordination. You do not have the prerogative to judge the Colonel's plan, or to choose whether you agree or disagree. There is the Colonel telling you his plan, and you saying "Yes sir" and obeying. That's all. Because you're his subordinate. You don't have a choice.
By saying "I agree", you're asserting a prerogative you don't have, and you're promoting yourself to a peer of the Colonel. Try that, and you will be put in your place in dramatic fashion.
It's the same thing with with the Armed Forces signalling their agreement with the govt's stance on gay rights (by sending uniformed personnel into pride parades). By doing so, the military is implying they have a choice in the matters, that they have the prerogative to agree or disagree. They don't.
This is exactly why the military is supposed to stay out of politics in a free society. We've known this for centuries. Why all of a sudden is this such an alien concept?
I suspect he did it out of fear of being called a homophobe
Absolutely no one talked about the military joining the Pride Parade back in 2007. It came out of nowhere. It seems like Harper wanted to score some political points.
since the CPC were taking a pro-gay position by then ... , but today the whole thing is hyper-partisan
Ford marched in Pride Parades, O'Toole marched in pride parades (as long as the police is also allowed to march), Bernier marched in pride parades. Even here in ultra "conservative" Saskatchewan our Premier Scott Moe attended a Pride Festival. Kinda weird for a "hyper-partisan" issue if there is only one side.
Someone attending doesn't make it nonpartisan.
If parties use Pride parades as a partisan bludgeon against each other, then they are by definition partisan events and therefore should be out of bounds for the miltiary.There's nothing you can say to change the fact that these are partisan events.
And besides that, see my edit to the above. It doesn't matter if 100% of Canadians agree on a political issue, the armed forces are still not entitled to an opinion on it.
Let's say O'Toole wins the next election (there is a chance, so it could happen). Do you really think that the military would stop attending pride parades and stop waving rainbow flags?
Now that they're doing it, it'll look "homophobic" on the part of any future government should they ever decide to bring the CAF back into line and stop them participating in political demonstrations in uniform. It'll be up to O'Toole (or whoever) to decide if it's worth the political capital.
That doesn't change the fact that the CAF should never have been participating in political demonstrations in uniform in the first place. Again, it's a long established principle that the military must stay well clear of politics in a free society. You don't march in political rallies in uniform, period.
They're putting political correctness ahead of reason and common sense because they're terrified of being tarred and feathered as "not woke".
You need to understand, the executive class in the military i.e the ones who make these policy decisions, they are not what you think of when you hear the word "Soldier". On the contrary, they're largely worthless, unprincipled, sniveling cowards who would do anything to save their own skins. They see a woke communist outrage mob coming, and they drop to their knees and pledge their fealty.
Well... you have to admit... if they waited until they reached the front lines and self annihilated themselves... that would be a stunning and demoralizing shock factor against our enemies...
We could also tell "the troops" the enemy are hardcore transphobes, hand them some axes and voila...
Our very own Vikings or Apaches ?
They should be, but the ruling party is intentionally politicizing the military in order to convert them from the Canadian Armed Forces into the Liberal Party Armed Forces, who will have no loyalty to Canada or Canadians, but rather be loyal only to the Liberal Party and Trudeau. That way they can be turned against dissenting Canadians, and they won't feel like they're betraying anyone since they serve Trudeau, not Canadians.
This is the same model by which partisan units were devised in other countries. The Baathist Republican Guard, the Waffen SS - these were party loyal military organizations, not nationally loyal ones. Their purpose was to protect the ruler's grip on power, against the pop[ulace if necessary. This is what the Canadian military is being converted into. It's what Biden is doing to the US military too.
and they're not just doing with twitter propaganda. They're currently hunting down and booting out conservatives, while also screening conservative out at the recruiting centres.
Just imagine the uproar if Harper had told the military to march in right-wing protests while wearing their uniforms, or filtered out people with Liberal views at the recruiting centre.
This is the mark of the beast, folks. This is what 3rd world dictators do. They turn the military against their own people in order to secure their own power. This is happening right before our very eyes.
I mean Harper gave the military the thumbs up to wear uniforms in the Toronto Pride Parade for the first time ever. Did he politicize the military too?
Yes. He should never have done that. I suspect he did it out of fear of being called a homophobe by the media and the opposition, which is even worse because it's the radical left forcing the government's surrender of the armed forces to their cause through threats and intimidation.
Or best case scenario he did it because he saw the "Pride" movement as non-partisan at the time (since the CPC were taking a pro-gay position by then).
Maybe "Pride" was nonpartisan at the time, but today the whole thing is hyper-partisan which means the military shouldn't be anywhere near it.
Edit: And it doesn't even matter how contentious or non-contentious an issue is. Even if 100% of Canadians support X, it's still inappropriate for the military to rally/demonstrate in support of X, because the military as an institution does not have the right to an opinion on X. Their opinion on X is whatever elected government tells them it is. That's the military's place in a free society. For the military to stand up and say "Yeah, we agree with elected government on X" is to suggest that the military has the prerogative to agree or disagree with elected gov't on an issue. They do not.
In the military, if the Colonel tells you his attack plan and you (a Private) say "I agree, good plan", you will get a strip torn off you. That's insubordination. You do not have the prerogative to judge the Colonel's plan, or to choose whether you agree or disagree. There is the Colonel telling you his plan, and you saying "Yes sir" and obeying. That's all. Because you're his subordinate. You don't have a choice.
By saying "I agree", you're asserting a prerogative you don't have, and you're promoting yourself to a peer of the Colonel. Try that, and you will be put in your place in dramatic fashion.
It's the same thing with with the Armed Forces signalling their agreement with the govt's stance on gay rights (by sending uniformed personnel into pride parades). By doing so, the military is implying they have a choice in the matters, that they have the prerogative to agree or disagree. They don't.
This is exactly why the military is supposed to stay out of politics in a free society. We've known this for centuries. Why all of a sudden is this such an alien concept?
Absolutely no one talked about the military joining the Pride Parade back in 2007. It came out of nowhere. It seems like Harper wanted to score some political points.
Ford marched in Pride Parades, O'Toole marched in pride parades (as long as the police is also allowed to march), Bernier marched in pride parades. Even here in ultra "conservative" Saskatchewan our Premier Scott Moe attended a Pride Festival. Kinda weird for a "hyper-partisan" issue if there is only one side.
Someone attending doesn't make it nonpartisan. If parties use Pride parades as a partisan bludgeon against each other, then they are by definition partisan events and therefore should be out of bounds for the miltiary.There's nothing you can say to change the fact that these are partisan events.
And besides that, see my edit to the above. It doesn't matter if 100% of Canadians agree on a political issue, the armed forces are still not entitled to an opinion on it.
Let's say O'Toole wins the next election (there is a chance, so it could happen). Do you really think that the military would stop attending pride parades and stop waving rainbow flags?
Would and should are two different things.
Now that they're doing it, it'll look "homophobic" on the part of any future government should they ever decide to bring the CAF back into line and stop them participating in political demonstrations in uniform. It'll be up to O'Toole (or whoever) to decide if it's worth the political capital.
That doesn't change the fact that the CAF should never have been participating in political demonstrations in uniform in the first place. Again, it's a long established principle that the military must stay well clear of politics in a free society. You don't march in political rallies in uniform, period.