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How Hegseth’s "war on woke" could backfire

2025/5/19
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Bethan Greener: 我认为Pete Hegseth的政策正在适得其反。他移除了一些词汇,例如“性别”和“多样性”,甚至包括军队的核心价值观“尊重”。他还抹去了女性和少数族裔的贡献,并取消了针对女性的征兵活动。这些做法实际上是在抹杀历史,是非常有问题的。更令人担忧的是,他解雇了一些女性军官,并取消了“妇女、和平与安全”计划,而这个计划实际上能提高作战效率,增加情报收集能力和社区行动能力。如果不招募女性,我们将错过超过50%的潜在兵源。我认为他的政策会从内部削弱军队,使军队更加分裂。他似乎仍然停留在传统战争的思维中,而忽视了现代战争的复杂性。他想把女性赶出战场,这与男性在社会中的地位有关。我认为不让女性参战,会使她们处于二等公民的地位。此外,他还修改了训练计划,取消了心理韧性训练,并且不再强制指挥官要求人员接受武装冲突法和伦理方面的训练。更令人费解的是,他禁止了400本涉及多样性的书籍,却保留了海军学院书架上的《我的奋斗》。我认为他怀念过去的战争模式,但这种做法会严重损害美国。说服军方支持“妇女、和平与安全”等计划的关键在于强调其作战效能。多样性能够促进问题解决,并且承认社会中的每个人都属于这个社会。社会凝聚力对于战争至关重要,而士气对于军事行动的成功更是至关重要。

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This chapter examines Pete Hegseth's controversial changes at the DoD, including the removal of certain words, erasure of women and minorities' contributions, and changes to recruitment strategies. These actions are viewed by some as undermining the military's effectiveness.
  • Removal of words like "gender," "diversity," "tolerance," and "respect" from official military language.
  • Erasure of women and minorities' contributions through removal of photos and videos.
  • Changes to recruitment strategies, including reduced outreach to girls' schools.

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The US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth says banning "woke" language, reducing women's participation programmes and stopping DEI initiatives will strengthen the US military and bring back a "warrior ethos". But what if those decisions take the US backwards? International security specialist Professor Bethan Greener argues they might undermine the US' ability to fight.

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