(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) A retired three-star general attacked the woke military upper crust in a recent criticism, the Western Journal reported.
Former Marine Lt. Gen. Gregory Newbold blasted the military establishment, claiming that they are going to bring about a catastrophic disaster.
“This ‘warfare dementia’ is a dangerous and potentially catastrophic malady, because the price for it could alter the success of the American experiment and most assuredly will be paid in blood,” Newbold wrote for Task & Purpose.
He then targeted military leaders in particular, suggesting that they ought to know better than to promote their nonsense.
“The condition is exacerbated and enabled when the most senior military leaders — those who ought to know better — defer to the idealistic judgments of those whose credentials are either nonexistent or formed entirely by ideology.”
Newbold suggested that political and military leaders have also forgotten what it takes to win in warfare.
“Many Americans, particularly our most senior politicians and military leaders, seem to have developed a form of dementia when it comes to warfare.”
He also added that, because of our warfare technology, we have forgotten what it takes to wage real warfare, on the ground.
“Direct ground combat, of the type we must be prepared to fight, is only waged competently when actions are instinctive, almost irrationally disciplined, and wholly sacrificial when required,” Newbold said.
According to Newbold, politeness and niceness have no place in the military.
“Consensus building, deference and (frankly) softness have their place in polite society, but nothing about intense ground combat is polite — it is often sub-humanly coarse.”
Further, he suggested that our softness will lead to many more deaths in warfare on all sides due to our incompetence.
“Reduced chances for success mean more casualties, which makes defeat more likely,” Newbold said. “Combat is the harshest meritocracy that exists, and nothing but ruthless adherence to this principle contributes to deterrence and combat effectiveness.”
