As the Ukraine war rages, China’s power grows and Israel fights for its life against Hamas, America’s intelligence services are focused on . . . woke mumbo-jumbo.
Yep: A recent memo circulated under the auspices of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reminds our would-be James Bonds of “the importance of words” and sings the praises of (for example) “a new framework and language guidelines for how we talk about the People’s Republic of China.”
And pushes cross-dressing as a tool to become a better spy — really, truly featuring an intel officer explaining that wearing dresses and high heels helped him in his work life.
Laugh, cry, or both: This is a direct result of the White House’s bear-hug embrace of DEI at the expense of getting Uncle Sam’s actual work done.
Every minute of manpower burned on nonsense like this, conducted to appease the progressive consultant class and its masters in academia, is a minute taken away from actually pursuing and defending the national interest of the United States.
At least. It may well be a minute spent making it harder for the rest of the federal workforce — and the military! — to do their jobs.
DEI rot is now deep and wide across the executive branch.
On his first day in office, President Biden signed Executive Order 13985, mandating an “ambitious whole-of-government equity agenda.”
It’s been an avalanche ever since.
Consider the DEI chief at the State Department, Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley.
She sits in a cork-lined office down the hall from Secretary of State Antony Blinken, presumably making sure he remembers to periodically chastise the Foreign Service about pronoun use.
What about Bishop Garrison, a senior advisor to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin?
He insists DEI be a part of every decision the military makes — it’s a “force multiplier,” you see.
No wonder the armed forces can’t meet their recruiting goals: What sane person wants to try defending the nation in a service where nonsense literally rules the roost?
Or witness the Chief Diversity Officers’ Executive Council, a federal working group that gathers enforcers like Abercrombie-Winstanley to coordinate the “effort to embed DEIA principles across the federal government.” (The feds add an “A” for “accessibility,” sigh.)
The council’s vice chair, by the way, is Charlotte Burrows, who led the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to file an insane lawsuit against a Cali moving company for not hiring enough old people.
It’s beyond clear that this mini-Politburo won, at least for the moment.
Just look at what’s happening over at Justice, where DEI requirements are lowering recruitment standards and crippling the FBI’s enforcement abilities.
DEI principles — the elevation of race and gender identity over merit, the endless blaming of all issues on a phantasmagorical “white supremacy” and above all the refusal to focus on matters of grave national concern — are embedded deep in the Biden administration.
And the madness will fester deeper until the voters send Joe permanently home to Delaware.