{"id":29399,"date":"2016-10-11T07:37:47","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T11:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=29399"},"modified":"2016-10-11T07:37:47","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T11:37:47","slug":"remembering-their-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=29399","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Their Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday CNS News<\/a> posted an article featuring an interview with General Boykin on the subject of transgender integration in our military.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Commenting on the Defense Department<\/a>‘s newly released handbook to train the military on how to integrate transgender people into the services, Lt. Gen. (ret.) William “Jerry” Boykin, former chief of U.S. Army Special Operations Command<\/a> and a top member of Delta Force<\/a>, said the primary question is how does this transgender social experiment enhance the ability of the U.S. military<\/a> to fight and win wars?<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Again it comes back to what is the purpose of the military? What\u2019s their mission? It\u2019s to fight and win wars,” said Gen. Boykin in an Oct. 5 interview on Washington Watch<\/a> with host Tony Perkins<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

“That\u2019s what Douglas McArthur<\/a> said at West Point<\/a> in 1962,” said Boykin.\u00a0\u00a0“\u2018Your mission remains determined, fixed, inviolable.\u2019 It is to win the nation\u2019s wars. Ask yourself how does this enhance the ability to win wars?\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aside from making drastic cuts to our military, the Obama Administration has somehow decided that the purpose of the military is to conduct social experiments. That has negatively impacted not only the morale of our troops, but also their readiness and ability to do their job. Our military is there to defend us. It is time to let them do their job without unnecessary distractions.<\/p>\n

The article further reports:<\/p>\n

Host Tony Perkins, who is president of the Family Research Council<\/a>, then said,\u00a0\u201cI mean the Pentagon<\/a> spokesperson, the spokesperson for the Pentagon says — notice they say spokesperson, not spokesman or woman because you just don\u2019t know — is \u2018designed to assist our transgender service members in their gender transitions, help commanders with their duties and responsibilities, and help all service members understand new policies enabling the open service of transgender service members.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gen. Boykin replied,\u00a0\u201cAgain it comes back to what is the purpose of the military? What\u2019s their mission? It\u2019s to fight and win wars. That\u2019s what Douglas McArthur said at West Point in 1962. \u2018Your mission remains determined, fixed, inviolable.\u2019 It is to win the nation\u2019s wars. Ask yourself how does this enhance the ability to win wars?\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have we forgotten the purpose of our military?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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