{"id":134244,"date":"2022-12-01T10:58:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T15:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=134244"},"modified":"2022-12-01T10:58:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T15:58:55","slug":"americans-see-the-military-as-too-politicized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=134244","title":{"rendered":"Americans see the military as too politicized"},"content":{"rendered":"

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According to a recent survey done by the Reagan National Defense Forum, a majority of Americans see the US military as too politicized. Half of Americans are worried that the military is too woke. Conservatives point to the emphasis on “wokeness” in the military, while the left claim that the “far-right” or “extremist” individuals in the military decreases their confidence in the military.<\/p>\n

From Fox News:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Biden administration has focused on ways to counter extreme views within the ranks of the military, in part as response to the Jan. 6 attacks on the Capitol. But a report from the administration titled “Countering Extremist Activity Working Group” later identified fewer than 100 cases of extremism from the 2.1 million active forces, a rate of .005%.<\/p>\n

Concerns over politicization of the military do not appear to have not impacted overall support. The survey found 81% of respondents trust the military \u2014 a three percent increase from last year. The military’s support easily trumps that for Congress at 33%, the presidency at 40%, Supreme Court at 45%, and news media at 35%.<\/p>\n

Still, only 13% responded that they were willing to join the military. Military recruitment has slowed in recent years, with the Army missing its recruitment target by 25% this year.<\/p>\n

China remains to be seen as the greatest threat to the nation, but concerns over Russia from respondents increased significantly as the war in Ukraine continues. Respondents who list China as their greatest threat dropped from 52% last year to 43% this year, with Russia jumping from 14% to 31%.<\/p>\n

Americans want to continue to support Ukraine, according to the survey, which found 57% believe the U.S. should continue to stand for the country against Russian aggression and 33% believe the U.S. has too many issues at home to focus on the conflict. The issue shows a notable political divide, with 73 percent of Democrats favoring U.S. support for Ukraine and 51% of Republicans.<\/p>\n

U.S. financial aid to Ukraine, which is set to total more than $19 billion, is “about the right amount,” according to 39% of respondents. A quarter of respondents believe the amount is too little, and the same number of respondents said the support is too large.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fox News<\/a> and Reagan National Defense Forum<\/a> have additional information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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