Op-Ed: Weapon of self-destruction: Biden’s obsessive hunt for extremism in the military

This article originally appeared in Washington Examiner on January 20, 2023

The late 1960s and early 1970s were dark times for the U.S. Army . It imploded, collapsing in on itself after the shock of Vietnam. In the '70s, my father was a senior officer in America’s most decorated combat force — the 82nd Airborne Division. The division was overrun by Hells Angels, Black Panthers, drug gangs, and initiates of the Fruit of Islam. Extremism was rampant, and my father had to arm himself just to enter the Fort Bragg barracks.

We are a long way from those times, both as a country and as a military. The force that broke apart after Vietnam was filled with conscripts who seethed that the burden of defending the nation had fallen solely on them, while millions protesting the war from the safety of college campuses were spared once former President Richard Nixon ushered in the all-volunteer force in lieu of the draft...

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