America’s woke Army is facing a recruiting nightmare

A series of encrypted messages leaked to the media showed officers on the ground in Kabul blasting their orders, complaining that they were being forced to leave Americans behind. We are f king abandoning American citizens, wrote a colonel with the 82nd Airborne detachment there. Regular troops were reportedly apoplectic that they weren t allowed to go rescue US citizens, as British and French forces did theirs.

It s one thing to enlist in an organization with a proud tradition and an ethic of protecting the country and looking after its troops. It s another to enlist in a service with a corrupt and incompetent civilian leadership and a senior military leadership that s no better. That military leadership, Milley and the entire Biden administration have betrayed their responsibilities, and everyone, especially the pool of likely recruits, knows it.

To have a volunteer army, you need volunteers.

What would happen if we had a war and nobody showed up? We may find out.

via nypost.com

Glenn Reynolds.