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   From: j_carlson@gmx.com   
      
   On 3/3/2021 10:11 AM, David Hartung wrote:   
   > On 3/3/21 11:08 AM, Lee wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Pentagon report cites threat of   
   >> extremism in military   
   >> Mar 2   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> WASHINGTON (AP) — Domestic extremist   
   >> groups pose a serious threat to the   
   >> military by seeking to recruit service   
   >> members into their ranks and, in some   
   >> cases, joining the military to acquire   
   >> combat experience, according to a   
   >> Pentagon report released Tuesday.   
   >>   
   >> The report, prepared last year at the   
   >> request of Congress, did not assess   
   >> whether the problem of extremism in   
   >> the military is growing, but it cited   
   >> a number of examples of service members   
   >> with extremist affiliations. It said   
   >> the number of current and former   
   >> military members who ascribe to white   
   >> supremacist ideology is unknown.   
   >>   
   >> “Military members are highly prized by   
   >> these groups as they bring legitimacy   
   >> to their causes and enhance their   
   >> ability to carry out attacks,” the   
   >> report said. “In addition to potential   
   >> violence, white supremacy and white   
   >> nationalism pose a threat to the good   
   >> order and discipline within the military.”   
   >>   
   >> For example, the report noted that a   
   >> Marine was discharged in 2018 for   
   >> having ties to a neo-Nazi group called   
   >> Atomwaffen Division, and it said the   
   >> group’s co-founder served in the Army   
   >> National Guard in Florida.   
   >>   
   >> Another Marine was determined to be   
   >> the founder of a different white   
   >> supremacist group, called AIM, which   
   >> stands for American Identity Movement.   
   >> The group spread propaganda through   
   >> an operation it called “Project Siege”   
   >> and as of March 2019 had about 500   
   >> members. The group’s founder was a   
   >> former Marine sergeant and a former   
   >> leader was an Army veteran.   
   >> https://apnews.com/article/us-news-race-and-ethnicity-72fde7f5168daa205b   
   >> cad742e425ed50   
   >   
   > There have always been political extremists in the military, this is a   
   non-news   
   > item.   
      
   Bullshit.  The recent growth of far-right-wingnut extremism in the military   
   means it's newsworthy.  Almost 20% of the Jan 6 insurrectionists/terrorists   
   were   
   former military.  That's a problem.  Your kind need to be culled from the   
   military.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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