{"id":1845,"date":"2021-05-18T16:10:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T16:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/?p=1845"},"modified":"2021-05-19T00:41:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T00:41:27","slug":"space-force-officers-book-on-marxism-in-the-military-reaches-no-1-on-amazon-after-hes-relieved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/?p=1845","title":{"rendered":"Space Force Officer\u2019s Book On Marxism In The Military Reaches No. 1 On Amazon After He\u2019s Relieved"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1845\" class=\"elementor elementor-1845\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-13dbffa6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"13dbffa6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d9a7012\" data-id=\"3d9a7012\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b86dbac elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"3b86dbac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div><strong>Inquity Shall Abound\n<div><blockquote>\u201dAnd because\n<div class=\"tooltip\"href=\"#\"style=\"color:blue;\"> iniquity <span class=\"tooltiptext\"<span style=\"text-decoration:\"><font color=\"#F1563A\"> Strongs 458: <\/font> anomia, an-om-ee\u00b4-ah; from 459; illegality, i.e. violation of law or (genitive case) wickedness: \u2014 iniquity, x transgress(-ion of) the law, unrighteousness.<\/span><\/div> shall abound, the\n\n<div class=\"tooltip\"href=\"#\"style=\"color:blue;\"> love <span class=\"tooltiptext\"<span style=\"text-decoration:\"><font color=\"#F1563A\"> Strongs 26:<\/font> agape, ag-ah\u00b4-pay; from 25; love, i.e. affection or benevolence; specially (plural) a love-feast: \u2014 (feast of) charity(-ably), dear, love.<\/span><\/div> of many shall wax cold.\"\n\n<span> <p><\/p> \u2014 Matthew 24:12<\/blockquote><\/div>\n\n<div><strong>Truth Is Fallen<\/div>\n<div><blockquote>\"\u201dAnd judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off:\n\n<div class=\"tooltip\"href=\"#\"style=\"color:blue;\"> truth  <span class=\"tooltiptext\"<span style=\"text-decoration:\"><font color=\"#F1563A\">STONG\u2019S 571: <\/font>emeth; from 539; firmness, faithfulness, truth:\u2014correctly(m)(1), faith(1), faithful(2), faithfully(6), faithfulness(10), lasting(1), right(1), true(18), truly(4), truth(80), True(1), truthful(2).<\/span><\/div> is\n<div class=\"tooltip\"href=\"#\"style=\"color:blue;\"> fallen  <span class=\"tooltiptext\"<span style=\"text-decoration:\"><font color=\"#F1563A\">STONG\u2019S 3782: <\/font>kashal; a prim. root;to stumble, stagger, totter:\u2014bring down(m)(2), brought down(1), cast down(1), downfall(m)(1), fail(m)(1), failed(1), failing(1), fall(4), fall down(1), feeble(m)(3), feeble*(m)(1), overthrown(m)(1), stumble(26), stumble badly(1), stumbled(12), stumbles(2), tottering(1), weak(m)(1)..<\/span><\/div>  in the street, and equity cannot enter.\" \n\n<span> \u2014 Isiah 59:14<\/blockquote><\/strong><\/div>\n\n<div><strong>Days of Noah\u2014Tyrants<\/div>\n<div><blockquote>\u201cBut as the days of Noe were, so shall also the \n\n<div class=\"tooltip\"href=\"#\"style=\"color:blue;\"> coming<span class=\"tooltiptext\"<span style=\"text-decoration:\"><font color=\"#F1563A\"> 2555: <\/font>parousia, par-oo-see\u00b4-ah; from the present participle of 3918; a being near, i.e. advent (often, return; specially, of Christ to punish Jerusalem, or finally the wicked); (by implication) physically, aspect: \u2014 coming, presence<\/span><\/div> of the Son of man be.\"\n\n<span> <P> \u2014 Matthew 24:37<\/P><\/blockquote><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><blockquote>\u201cThere were\n<div class=\"tooltip\"href=\"#\"style=\"color:blue;\"> giants <span class=\"tooltiptext\"<span style=\"text-decoration:\"><font color=\"#F1563A\"> 5303: <\/font>>nphiyl, nef-eel\u00b4; or lIp\u25can nphil, nef-eel\u00b4; from 5307; properly, a feller, i.e. a bully or tyrant:\u2014giant.<\/span><\/div> in the earth in those days;\"\n\n<span> \u2014Genesis 6:4<\/blockquote><\/strong><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-32ff4f3b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"32ff4f3b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-331a4ef6\" data-id=\"331a4ef6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ea048f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ea048f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal;\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" data-en-clipboard=\"true\"><b>Article Source: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/relieved-space-force-commanding-officer-i-condemn-all-forms-of-extremism_3819667.html\">The Epoch Times<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<p><strong>Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier, who was recently relieved as a\u00a0U.S. Space Force commanding officer, said he condemns \u201call forms of extremism\u201d and defended against allegations that he was \u201cpolitically partisan\u201d when he denounced the spread of\u00a0Marxism in the military.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lohmeier\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/mkt_app\/space-force-officer-relieved-after-denouncing-marxism-critical-race-theory-in-military_3817370.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">last week was relieved of command<\/a>\u00a0of the 11th Space Warning Squadron over \u201cpublic comments\u201d in an interview the department deemed to be \u201cpartisan political activity.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The comment, which was made in a podcast, warned about the spread of\u00a0Marxist\u00a0ideology within the military and the detrimental consequences of\u00a0Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin\u2019s agenda to push critical race theory.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lohmeier told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmaxtv.com\/Shows\/The-Chris-Salcedo-Show\/vid\/1_8o9d5vsq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Newsmax<\/a>\u00a0on Monday that he disagrees that he was politically partisan when discussing the contents of his self-published book that exposes what he said was Marxist ideology within the force. The book, titled \u201cIrresistible Revolution: Marxism\u2019s Goal of Conquest &amp; the Unmaking of the American Military,\u201d warns against the progressive shift in\u00a0U.S. military culture and policy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI\u2019ve been largely apolitical in most of my adult life. I participate in the political process. I don\u2019t care what the political views of my fellow service members are\u2014the young airmen and guardians that I was a commander for. I don\u2019t care what their religious or non-religious views are because that has nothing to do with their oath to the Constitution. Frankly, they\u2019re entitled to their beliefs and their opinions,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAnd so when we start to see within the services a break or a fracture of the force because people are being trained certain groups are oppressors and others are oppressed, that\u2019s when it\u2019s time to speak up and identify, as the secretary of defense invited us to do, extremist ideological views that are divisive. So that\u2019s what I attempted to do with the book.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Critical race theory, which is rooted in Marxism, has been heavily promulgated\u00a0throughout academia, entertainment, government, schools, and the workplace in recent years, rising to new prominence following the rise of far-left groups such as Antifa and Black Lives Matter. Some employers have included concepts from the doctrine\u2014which some claim teaches that the United States is a fundamentally racist country and that one race is inherently superior to another\u2014in their \u201cracial and cultural sensitivity\u201d training.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-pentagon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pentagon<\/a>\u00a0earlier in the year had ordered an \u201cextremism stand down\u201d\u00a0to\u00a0address concerns about extremism in the ranks of the U.S. armed forces.\u00a0Lohmeier said all service members were asked to watch a video with content based on The New York Times\u2019 1619 project, which he says \u201cinsists that our country is evil.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAnd I reject the premise or the basis of all of our diversity and inclusion training and I\u2019m not opposed to diversity or inclusion, although it depends on how we define terms,\u201d\u00a0Lohmeier said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe premise or basis of all of that should be the foundational ideals that we have codified in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, not critical race theory, which makes race the view or the lens through which the entire world is interpreted. And so these videos that we\u2019ve had to watch here at our base teach us just that.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Pentagon press office did not immediately respond to The Epoch Times\u2019 request for comment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lohmeier added that he does not have trepidation that his book could be used as a \u201cdouble-edged sword\u201d by tipping off enemies about the ideological struggles within the U.S. military. He said \u201cenemies\u201d such as the Chinese Communist Party are well aware of the problems plaguing the military.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cOur enemies are very aware that this is going on in the United States, specifically China,\u201d\u00a0Lohmeier said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThere\u2019s nothing that Xi Jinping or the Chinese Communist Party would like more than to have U.S. citizens, worst of all U.S. service members in uniform, getting at one another\u2019s throats because they are starting to entertain divisive and competing, and fundamentally incompatible, narratives of American history, for example.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He added that he hopes his book will serve as a reminder for senior leaders and service members to ensure that the military remains apolitical.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cMy book is essentially an invitation to senior leaders, to every service member, to knock off political partisanship, to maintain our obligation to be apolitical,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I condemn all forms of extremism, whether they\u2019re right-wing, left-wing, or anything in between, if it results in conduct that undermines good order and discipline, whether morale of our armed forces that doesn\u2019t belong in our services.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capt. 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