Destroying our last vestige of sanity

For over one hundred years, the United States military has been a
vestige of sanity in our often culturally depraved society. Unlike any
other “government social program,” the military was the most successful
at integrating the races, upholding religious values and morality,
teaching core principles of responsibility and good citizenship, and
“making young adults feel good about themselves” by instructing them how
to succeed on their own — not by giving them the answers to the test
questions, so to speak.

But, alas, all of this ended when Bill Clinton became president and
de facto commander-in-chief of America’s armed forces. Now, more liberal
socialists — this time in the Pentagon — are systematically destroying
our last bastion of cultural sobriety.

Having said that, I turn your attention to a London Telegraph
article, which last week reported that that the U.S. army has recruited
chaplains in a move to recognize “white witchcraft as a religion.” The
Telegraph said the army “has appointed (a number of) chaplains to
oversee pagan ceremonies on at least five bases” all across the country.

“White witchcraft” — is that different than, say, “Black magic”?

At Ft. Hood, Texas — the army’s largest base with more than 42,000
troops — “there are believed to be at least 100 witches (and warlocks,
I presume) attending covens.” In fact, “so respectful has the army
become of the pagan rites that security was increased at Fort Hood’s Boy
Scout camp, where covens are held.”

Memo to the Pentagon: If security had to be improved just to give
these idiots space to “practice their religion,” something is wrong
already.

Nevertheless, not to be outdone by their civilian social engineering
counterparts, the Pentagon brass scored a politically correct “home run”
on this one. Despite the fact that over 99 percent of the rest of the
armed forces considers Christianity the dominant American religion —
through various but similar faiths — the Pentagon obviously felt that
unit cohesion no longer matters.

You remember that argument. It was used to justify (and
rightly so) the exclusion of open homosexuality in the military. Then,
as it should have been now, that logic was correctly used because
commanders felt the concept of homosexuality was damaging to overall
unit morale and, thus, combat effectiveness. Not many military
personnel want to share foxholes, tents, and gender-specific showers
with homosexuals.

So why not use that logic this time? Not many soldiers, it
seems, want to spend much time around male and female soldiers who are
known witches and warlocks, either. Isn’t that just as damaging to unit
morale and combat effectiveness?

After reading about Wiccans in the army and the special provisions
the Pentagon is making for these people, homosexuality seems tame by
comparison, doesn’t it? That just goes to prove that while this
administration is still in charge, you should never utter the words, “It
can’t get any worse than this.”

If these witches and warlocks, who call themselves Wiccans,
are serious about their “religion,” why isn’t the Pentagon and the
Clinton administration calling them “fanatics” and preventing them from
living a free and normal life? Or is that a term reserved only for
Christians who fervently believe in their faith? I suppose if the
Pentagon and the White House labeled the Wiccans “fanatics,” they’d have
to demonize them, make sure everyone knew they were inherently
dangerous, and then actually prevent them from practicing their “faith”
and thus destroying morale in the ranks. Gee, wouldn’t that be a shame?

It used to be if something being done by a small group of soldiers
offended or was otherwise counterproductive to the rest of the force, it
was deemed improper and preventative measures were instituted. Now, we
give them special “rights,” where none really existed before. If that’s
progress, I don’t want it.

What about this? Since part of the ritual of worship practiced by
Wiccans includes holding hands and dancing around a bonfire, I wonder if
the Pentagon has figured out how they’re going to let these troops
practice their religion in a combat zone — especially when darkness is
a tactical must? Now there’s a problem.

The hypocrisy on this one is only surpassed by the obvious contempt
for American values held by our “leaders” — both in and out of the
military.

For example, isn’t this the same administration that forced the
military to weed out so-called white supremacists and neo-nazis just a
few years ago (again, rightly so) — even to the point of mandating the
removal of “offensive” and “divisive” tattoos? How, then, do you justify
permitting witchcraft — the “study” and worship of Satan, in and of
itself evil and devoid of all traditional concern for life as we know it
— but not permit neo-nazis to practice their beliefs? What would the
army have said if the neo-nazis claimed they were merely practicing
their own brand of religion? Would Gen. Hugh Shelton have said, ‘OK?’

But there is more inside this Pandora’s Box. For instance, as an
18-year-old soldier, you cannot even buy cigarettes in some states or
drink a beer. But you can pick up a rifle, kill somebody, and
are permitted to worship Satan. Oh, brother.

There are other hypocrisies. Think about these for a moment:

Is it any wonder we have witches and warlocks in the ranks when
American children cannot publicly espouse their Christian beliefs or
openly promote and endorse Christian symbols? Is it any wonder we have
Wiccans amongst us when our children cannot even say a prayer in a
schoolhouse because it’s “amoral” and “intolerant?”

What about abortion? Is it any wonder we have witchcraft in the army
when you can kill a baby in this country with impunity, because it’s
“your right?” But don’t you let the policy police catch you buying a gun
or we’ll toss your White, Christian, intolerable, Bible thumping, racist
rear-end in the brig.

Are our leaders so ignorant of core American values that they
honestly don’t know that witchcraft is the purest form of depravity
known to Man? Have we so rid our society of God, Jesus Christ and
western Christian values that those who profess loyalty to Christ’s
antithesis are now encouraged to fill the “faith” vacuum?

I wonder if our constitutional scholars in the Pentagon have thought
that soldiers who won’t sign up to defend “God and country” because they
don’t believe in God and country may just not fight for anything at
all. Furthermore, if it gets to the point where most of our armed
forces are fighting for “Satan and country,” then they’re no longer
fighting for me or the country I used to know, or the core values in
which I believe.

You know, in light of the recent school shootings, I have to wonder
just how comfortable we should be giving the best weapons in our arsenal
to witches and warlocks?

Is there any doubt that this nation has lost its soul, when this sort
of open blasphemy is officially tolerated — even endorsed — in
our country’s military services? How many of my fellow veterans out
there even recognize today’s branches of military service?

It is one thing to encourage religious freedom, because in America,
that is but one of the “inalienable rights” our Founders (and God)
bequeathed to all of us. But putting a religious face on the evil
practice of witchcraft is inane. You can’t tell me a sizable majority
of the American people would ever consider witchcraft a genuine
religion on the level of, say, Catholicism or being a Baptist or
Methodist.

After all of the time, money and hot air our politicians have wasted
on plans and policies which seek to stamp out racism, division, and
malice in our society, doesn’t it seem just a bit absurd to now endorse
the practice of Satanism in our armed forces? Satanism, by its very
nature, promotes division, racism, and intolerance. Good grief.

I’m convinced that our last vestige of sanity has just about gone
insane. I’m trying to figure out where this is going to lead us, and I
do not like what I am seeing.