RUTHFULLY YOURS

The Committee to Support and Defend has initiated a petition to the Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to “honor his oath” to “support and defend” the Constitution of the United States. The petition “respectfully insists” that Austin immediately countermand orders he has issued since taking office that have eroded military cohesion and readiness. The petition argues that Critical Race Theory is a toxic Marxist ideology with anti-Constitutional objectives. Ordering its teaching in the military endangers America’s national security, in contravention to Austin’s oath to protect and defend the Constitution and the United States from all enemies.

The petition is the third scathing criticism of the Biden administration’s policies which retired generals and admirals and other military veterans have issued in recent weeks, citing concerns over national security and the dangers to our liberties.  In an unprecedented action, over 200 retired generals and admirals issued a letter in May which stated that the United States was facing the “greatest danger to our constitutional Republic since 1776”. The letter stated that our nation is in “deep peril” as we fight the supporters of Marxism who are opposed to our constitutional freedoms and liberties.

Last week, the Committee to Support and Defend led by LTC Allen West (ret) issued a letter signed by over 1000 military veterans which stated that as veterans they were still morally and ethically bound to protect our Constitution and country. They wrote:

“As such, we put our nation’s leadership on notice. We believe that the hard left turn toward Socialism and Marxism endangers our citizens and the future of this great nation…We are disgusted by the dismantling of the rule of law in our great country. We never thought we would see the return to Vietnam style disdain for public service. Unfortunately, this disregard and disrespect is corrosive and will lead to dangerous situations for citizens and law enforcement.”

Now retired military leaders are joining with their fellow citizens to petition the government to end the undermining of our military and calling on Secretary of Defense Austin to honor his oath to protect and defend our Constitution and country. In a hitherto unheard of action, retired military leaders and veterans are publicly stating that the Secretary of Defense is endangering the effectiveness of the US military as a fighting force and is violating his sacred oath to defend our country.   Specifically, the petition- which is available for signatures by both veterans and civilians at committeetosupportanddefend.com   “respectfully insists” that the former four-star Army general and commander of Central Command take immediate actions to:

• Shut down the Countering Extremism Working Group which is fracturing the cohesiveness of the armed forces
• Fire its director Bishop Garrison,  Senior Advisor for Diversity and Inclusion,  whose programs vilify our Constitution and are an affront to patriotic Americans
• Prohibit further Critical Race Theory training and  related programs to the armed forces personnel; these are Marxist tactics designed  to pit one group against another by falsely teaching  that our country is inherently racist, with whites as the oppressor and blacks as the oppressed
• Reinstate a brilliant officer, Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Lohmeier -who has warned against actual extremism in the Defense Department- as the commander of the 11^th Space Warning Group, and
• Restore to Service other personnel who have been wrongly accused of “extremism,” but who are, like LTC Lohmeier, simply opponents of anti-Constitutional ideologies like Marxism.