Persecuted Ex-Space Force Commander Calls for Eliminating Woke Ideology from the US Military

Calvin Freiburger : Jul 12, 2024
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"You give your life and service to your country and the American people, and you're not doing it for the pay. You're doing it because you become (convinced) of the greatness of the American ideal. And ... senior leaders (then) say, 'We want you out of the way because your view is not welcome here,' even as they pretend to care about inclusivity, even as they pretend to care about diversity, (but) not diversity of thought." -Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier

[LifeSiteNews.com] A longtime military commander ousted from the US Space Force in 2021 for criticizing the spread of woke ideology in America's armed forces is speaking out again, sharing the details of his experience with Fox News and calling for new leadership for the nation's defenders. (Image: Unsplash)

Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier, the former commander of the 11th Space Warning Squadron at Buckley Air Force Base, was fired in 2021 after self-publishing a book titled Irresistible Revolution: Marxism's Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military. In an interview at the time, he discussed the spread of critical race theory (CRT, the "view that the law and legal institutions are inherently racist and that race itself… is used by white people to further their economic and political interests at the expense of people of colour") within the military through so-called "diversity and inclusion" programs.

In response, Space Operations Command head Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting relieved Lohmeier from his position over an alleged loss of confidence in his leadership ability and opened an investigation into whether Lohmeier's comments qualified as "prohibited partisan political activity."

"There was a whole string of events that did lead up to my being relieved of command," the lieutenant colonel told Fox in a new interview published Friday. "The ultimate reason was because I was willing to be publicly critical of critical race theory, which I understood to be rooted in Marxist ideology… that I saw dividing the troops (…) I wasn't advocating for Republicans over Democrats, and I'm conservative myself. But it didn't matter to me. And it's never mattered to our troops what someone else's politics were."

Since his firing, which came with the "gut punch" of losing his pension, Lohmeier has remained committed to exposing and uprooting the ideological priorities that have infected the military... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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