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Op-Ed: Heads Ought to Roll at the Pentagon for the Abuse of Our Military in Background of Biden Speech

Op-Ed: Heads Ought to Roll at the Pentagon for the Abuse of Our Military in Background of Biden Speech

Joe-Joe’s horrendous Thursday night speech will be remembered for its backdrop of U.S. Marines as much as for Biden’s incendiary rhetoric.

Will heads roll at the Pentagon for allowing the Obiden Regime to politicize our military? Not Soon Enough!

This from westernjournal.com.

Biden spoke outside Independence Historical Park in Philadelphia before hundreds of people with the façade of Independence Hall lit in red and blue.

Biden used the occasion to tell his audience:

This is where the United States Constitution was written and debated. But as I stand here tonight, equality and democracy are under assault.

There is something terribly wrong with the picture. The Marines—props and musicians—were part of the Obiden Regime political theater, which violates the law.

No doubt Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, a retired Army [affirmative-action] four-star general, and the current chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, knew beforehand about the political nature of the speech thanks to [regime] officials who teased it as an extension of Biden’s “soul of the nation” message given in 2017.

Certainly, Milley knows political theater from experience.

Remember, he expressed regret for accompanying Trump on a walk from the White House to St. John’s Church following the dispersal of “peaceful protesters” outside the White House in June 2020.

Subsequently, Milley said his appearance with Trump:

[C]reated a perception of the military involved in domestic politics.

Is Milley going to issue yet another mea culpa?

Why didn’t Austin and Milley call out the Obiden Regime for politicizing our marines?

After all, these men know that every political season, like the one we are entering now, the Pentagon mandates that all civil servants and uniformed service members refresh their understanding of the dos and don’ts of political activities. It’s serious stuff, and failure to abide by the law can cost a career.

The facts in this case are hardly disputable:
Biden’s speech was political, and U.S. Marines played an integral role in the event—certainly an endorsing role.

The Obiden Regime used the speech to slam Trump, Republicans questioning the 2020 presidential election and Trump’s 75 million “MAGA” supporters.

The speech stigmatized all Trump supporters, saying they:

[R]epresent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic.

They do not believe in the rule of law. They do not recognize the will of the people. They refuse to accept the results of a free election.

What makes the Marines’ participation in Obiden’s political theater illegal?

The Pentagon has a version of the 1939 Hatch Act, which restricts federal employees from participating in certain partisan political activities. Specifically, Department of Defense directive 1344.10 states that under certain conditions, service members shall not participate in partisan political events, television programs, gatherings and much more.

That military directive is the same as an order, and military personnel violating its provisions can be considered in violation of Article 92 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The maximum punishment for a violation of Article 92 is dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement for two years.

Politicizing the military is dangerous for a constitutional republic.

 

The Obiden abuse of our military to legitimatize a partisan political attack on Republicans is beyond the pale, and those who ordered such support ought to be summarily dismissed.