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US army investigates after young private follows the Base, which has vowed to recruit soldiers for so-called race war
An active-duty serviceman in the US army is openly following a proscribed neo-Nazi terrorist group on social media, one that has vowed to recruit soldiers in preparation for a so-called race war.
Experts say examples like this shows how under Pete Hegseth, the Pentagon is allowing extremism to go unchecked.
On the surface, following a TikTok account might seem like a minor infraction for a young private in the 1st Infantry Division. But not only has that private followed the Base, a violent neo-Nazi terrorist organization once the target of an FBI investigation, there are directives issued under Joe Biden that discourages that kind of social media activity.
But in February, the DoD issued a memo halting a major counter-extremism initiative rooting out white nationalists and far-right influences among servicemen, citing that it was not in line with Donald Trump’s executive orders. Since, the efficacy of rooting out the far right within the ranks remains unclear.
I dunno about in the military, but I have a cousin that’s a veteran of the Iraq war and he’s a pretty staunch leftist. Claims his service opened his eyes.
I’m guessing that the military as a whole has the same political leanings as the general population, with the majority being left leaning centrists and they will stand by the oath they took never to attack the American people.
Fingers fucking crossed.
If the majority of America was in fact left leaning we would have different candidates in federal elections.
No, we would only have different candidates in federal elections if left leaning people actually voted. They don’t.
the actual left leaning people of this country are reliable voters and the vote counts prove it since their numbers are as consistent as republican voters.
what you’re likely counting as “left leaning” are centrists by the world’s standards (aka democrats) and, by definition, don’t have strong enough feelings to vote either way; hence the political fervor that’s so weak that they don’t even show up at the polls.
Except when withholding votes in protest.
those weren’t left leaning people, they were liberals; specifically democrats.
except theres no true “left leaning” in the country though.
there is, it’s just relatively few.