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posted by n1 on Friday January 13 2017, @09:02PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-the-experts-say dept.

Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956

The Pentagon could be poised for a rapid about-face under the Trump administration, with the Obama administration's push for social reform surrendering to what could be an old-school emphasis on combat readiness and the spirit of the United States military, experts told FoxNews.com.

Under President Obama, the military sought to integrate transgender persons into the ranks, allow women into special operations forces and purge the nomenclature of gender-specific words, adopting what some critics say was a "politically correct" liberal agenda. That's a contrast to the traditional U.S. military approach.

In addition, some Navy ships have been named for civil rights activists. And while the Obama administration has taken an inclusive approach on some issues, it has also worked to minimize expressions of Christianity in the ranks. For example, several officers have been disciplined for displaying Bibles or gospel verses in their quarters.

Veterans and military experts told FoxNews.com that, while some of Obama's civil rights advancements may be locked in, neither Trump nor his choice for secretary of defense, Gen. James "Mad Dog" Mattis, are likely to make social experimentation a priority.

Source: Fox News


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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday January 14 2017, @03:28AM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Saturday January 14 2017, @03:28AM (#453692) Homepage Journal

    could easily purchase the rest they needed

    Not in a free market where neighboring states treat them like the foreign country they are they couldn't. Water would quickly become so expensive that poor people wouldn't be able to afford it at all. As for food? Good luck growing it without water. That economy you're so proud of? Wouldn't last a year once basic staple prices went through the roof. I mean the riots caused by the poor being unable to afford what they absolutely need to live would be entertaining to us still in the US but that'd be the only entertainment being created in California by exit plus one year.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by aristarchus on Saturday January 14 2017, @08:38AM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Saturday January 14 2017, @08:38AM (#453741) Journal

    Not in a free market where neighboring states treat them like the foreign country they are they couldn't.

    Well, as Bugs Bunny would say, "This means War!" Funny how a seceded California would re-assert the territorial claims of the original California, and take the Colorado drainage as its sovereign right. And Oklahoma would fight over that? The Territories? The Nation? And you need to look into things like the Columbia. There are international water rights. Yes, I know, not enough water in Oklahoma for this idea to ever occur to anyone there. More likely to be drifting on thermals, looking out for that free lunch, as buzzards are wont to do.

    • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday January 14 2017, @11:48AM

      by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Saturday January 14 2017, @11:48AM (#453762) Homepage Journal

      See, if you still hung out in IRC you'd know I've been in TN for just under two years now. Tons of water here. And it's far more fun to float over lake currents in my boat with a line or two in the water.

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