Drag Queens In The Navy: We’re Going To Lose A War
Recently I bumped into an acquaintance whose son is a Naval officer.
In the course of our quick conversation I asked how her son was doing. She said he was thinking about getting out of the Navy well short of his 20 years of service.
Why? I asked, knowing this guy has enjoyed an enviable career.
“He says he hasn’t changed, the Navy has,” she sighed. ”It’s not the same Navy he joined.”
It was a hurried conversation, but I came away with the impression her son was not on board with the new woke Navy.
Now I’m wondering if the reason is the drag queens.
Turns out that as part of the Navy’s attempt to boost sagging recruitment - the branch anticipates being 8,000 sailors short by the end of the year , with a 10,000 sailor shortfall in the reserves - it’s employed a TikTok “digital outreach” drag queen.
Now the Navy is using him to try to attract new sailors.
Folks, we’re going to lose a war.
Before the knee-jerk lefties start groaning about how the right suddenly hates drag, I don’t.
Although I don’t have any desire to attend drag shows, I have no problem with them, with drag queens or with adults who enjoy this form of entertainment.
Drag queens don’t belong in schools or around kids, however. And they have no place in military recruiting.
The fact that this drag queen is being used by Navy brass to recruit sailors is a troubling sign that American military leadership has lost both its mind and its way.
The mission of the Navy isn’t to make people on the weird fringes of society feel accepted and included. It’s to fight wars and to kill our enemies.
How exactly do drag queens fit into that mission?
Someone needs to remind the Navy that TikTok is Chinese spyware. Do you suppose our enemies in China are deterred from moving against Taiwan when they watch the U.S. Navy celebrate the fact that there are drag queens on board its ships?
The recruitment crisis is real and the reasons for it are legion. Time Magazine last month pointed out that not even 1% of the American population have ties to the military. That means most young people may not know a single active duty member.
Making matters worse, Time reports that only 23% of American youth even meet the Army’s basic eligibility requirements. Fact is, they’re fatter and unhealthier than they’ve ever been. Less patriotic, too, thanks to public schools.
Many young people have criminal records or use drugs regularly. Add to that the nutty Covid vaccine requirement that was only recently rescinded and you have a recipe for low recruitment numbers.
But surely there are better ways to beef up the American military than with twerking men in fishnet stockings and rhinestone pasties.
