Army Gen. Mark Milley pushed back on claims from Republicans that the military is “woke” and as a result not prepared to take on modern threats, saying he’s “not even sure what that word truly means.”
“What I see is a military that’s exceptionally strong. It’s powerful; it’s ready. In fact, our readiness rates, the way we measure readiness, is better now than they’ve been in years,” Milley said in a CNN interview Sunday.
Republican politicians and candidates have blasted the Pentagon for so-called woke policies, pointing to efforts to recruit a diverse group of military service members and be inclusive to transgender soldiers.
Those claims have also headlined efforts to reduce military spending.
At this point, from what I can tell, there is no truth for the pejorative use of ‘woke.’ It means whatever the Republican saying it wants it to mean. If they want it to mean anything at all but ‘this is a bad thing.’
Well playing some bozos’ advocate here, but
At one point it was very woke to expect the actors from Friends to apologise because they weren’t Black