The removal of any one critical of any literature that does not match that of the new U.S. regime has now reached even the naval libraries. When the those in the armed services are only permuted to read authorized books the U.S. of Eh is truly well on the way to authoritarianism and perhaps already is an oligarchy.
Steve Israel who represented New York in the House of Representatives for eight terms writes in part...
The New York Times reported that the U.S. Naval Academy is identifying books in the school’s Nimitz Library that may be pulled from circulation because they relate to so-called diversity, equity and inclusion. Among the 900 potential offenders: a biography of Jackie Robinson, “The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.” and “Einstein on Race and Racism.”........
The move is part of the Trump administration’s campaign to purge its way through federal museums, concert halls and now the military. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth — who might want to focus on threats closer to home, like how he communicates war plans — ordered the review......
(this)act of banning history books in a naval library is a betrayal of the men and women who keep us free.
The irony in this move is rich. In the name of freedom, we mustn’t let our future leaders do things like, oh, read what they want to read. We must treat them like snowflakes, so brittle and sensitive that they must be protected from the offensive views of Robinson, King, Einstein and whoever else is on the blacklist of the Navy Blue and Gold.........
Instead of supporting our warriors with libraries that will give them an unvarnished telling of history, the Pentagon has decided to whitewash it. Instead of encouraging critical thinking skills, the Navy has decided to dull them.
In a world of volatile, complex military threats; of cyberwarfare and an artificial intelligence arms race; of existential enemies like Iran nearing imminent development of a nuclear warhead; the Hegseth doctrine suggests that there is nothing to fear but ink on pages, bound on the shelves in the Navy library. In the war on so-called “cancel culture,” the U.S. military is canceling history.
When the leader of our neighboring country starts dictating what his military can read and think things are getting VERY scary, particularly when at the same time he is firing hundreds of leaders that do not conform to his twisted view of the world. Full article below....
