Pentagon wants to use a dead white nationalist podcaster who NEVER SERVED IN MILITARY as a "recruiting rool"
A proposal to use Charlie Kirk as a military recruiting tool, despite his never having served in any branch of the United States Armed Forces, presents a host of problems.
That is the opinion of MSNBC’s Zeeshan Aleem in a column on Saturday, who noted there is some resistance within the Pentagon since the proposal was leaked.
According to a report from NBC News on Thursday, “The idea would be to frame the recruiting campaign as a national call to service, the officials said. Possible slogans that Pentagon leaders have discussed include 'Charlie has awakened a generation of warriors,' according to the officials."
Reflecting on that, Aleem wrote, “It’s a horrible idea: It would encourage right-wing activists to think of Kirk’s death as a reason to take up arms, and further politicize the armed forces at a time when the president is already using the military as a tool for domestic repression.”
https://www.rawstory.com/charlie-kirk-pentagon-2674012503/
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