Summary
Bishop Garrison, a former Pentagon official who led a 2021 investigation into military extremism, warns that recent New Year’s Day attacks by military personnel highlight the ongoing threat of radicalization and distress in the armed forces.
Despite a report recommending counter-extremism measures, its policies were never implemented, facing backlash from right-wing figures, including Trump’s defense secretary nominee, Pete Hegseth.
As Hegseth aims to dismantle counter-extremism programs, Garrison stresses the risks of neglecting the issue, citing cultural and mental health challenges within the military.
It wasn’t even just while carrying the phone, they were literally posting the nonsense from the device that actually did the thing they were worried about. They had to be looking at an actual tracking device in order to accuse the creators of the vaccine of secretly trying to do what the phone companies already got them to do willingly, and spend money on.
As difficult as it is to imagine a reality where a post as scathing as yours was actually giving them to much credit, and that reality is the exact one we unfortunately have to live in.