Billions to the Islamic Republic of Iran. A massive influx of Muslim migrants, among whom will inevitably be an unknowable number of murderous Islamic jihadists. And now this. You’d almost think Obama wanted to weaken the United States, except that would be inconceivable…wouldn’t it?
“Pentagon may ease recruiting rules for obese people, pot smokers and single parents,” by Douglas Ernst, Washington Times, November 2, 2016:
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter spoke on “Force of the Future” military reforms this week that may involve relaxed recruiting rules on everything from single-parent enlistees to drug use and obesity.
A Tuesday event at City College of New York featured Mr. Carter speaking on the challenges of recruitment in a nation that is fatter, increasingly at ease with smoking marijuana, and producing more single-parent homes. The result has been a fighting force that is gleaned from rural areas at twice the rate of urban environments.
“We’re going to review and update these standards as appropriate,” Mr Carter said, Military Times reported. “Now, some of these things we’ll never be able to compromise on. And we will always have to maintain high standards. But at the same time, these benchmarks must be kept relevant for both today’s force and tomorrow’s, meaning we have to ensure they’re not unnecessarily restrictive.”…