An anti-terrorism briefing held at “Fort Liberty” (formerly, Fort Bragg), North Carolina yesterday listed several Pro-Life organizations, including Operation Rescue and National Right to Life, as “terrorist groups.”
A self-described analyst, Sam Shoemate, posted a picture of the briefing slide on Face Book and X (formerly “Twitter”). Shoemate did not disclose who, in the actual briefing room, took the photo and leaked it to Shoemate, but that will be easy enough to determine based upon the vantage point of the photo, and it is safe to assume that person’s military career is over.
The slide calling pro-Life people “terrorist groups” immediately followed a slide about ISIS (the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria), an Islamic caliphate that murdered and enslaved people across the Middle East before President Trump put it out of business in a couple of months, after he learned of, and discontinued, Obama-imposed “rules of engagement” that made it impossible to defeat.
As noted, the organizations the U.S. Army has labeled “terrorist groups” include National Right to Life and Operation Rescue, two mainstream, well-established pro-life organizations. Also included among the terrorists are people who have the customized license plate saying “Choose Life” which many Pro-Life citizens put on their car. The example included in the slide reads, “IM4IT,” meaning I am for Life. So the U.S. Army believes that all pro-life citizens are potential terrorists.
The slide lists activities pro-life organizations participate in, including opposing “Row [sic] v Wade” (which is odd, because Roe v. Wade was overruled two years ago), demonstrating, protesting, “Truth Displays,” and picketing, all of which are constitutionally protected freedoms. Does the army consider these things terrorism?
The slide seems to mention clinic bombings, but such acts of violence have not been carried out by mainstream pro-life organizations such as National Right to Life and Operation Rescue. All large, reputable pro-life groups have condemned acts of violence against abortion clinics, which have been rare in recent years. It would be wrong to label these groups as “extremist,” but to skip and go all the way to “terrorist groups” is absurd.
The Federalist contacted a military spokesman at Fort Liberty, who stated that the slide in question will no longer be used:
Fort Liberty’s public affairs office confirmed the slide’s authenticity to The Federalist, claiming a commander’s inquiry “determined that these slides were not vetted by the appropriate approval authorities” and “were developed by a local garrison employee to train Soldiers manning access control points at Fort Liberty.” The office further contended the slides “do not reflect the views of the XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Liberty, the U.S. Army or the Department of Defense” and “will no longer be used, and all future training products will be reviewed to ensure they align with the current DoD anti-terrorism guidance.”
This raises the question: if the briefing were intended only for the military base’s security detail, why would they mention pro-Life/anti-abortion groups? Do they expect the military base to be attacked by pro-life groups? There is a large medical complex, Womack Army Medical Center, that is part of Fort Bragg/Fort Liberty, but it is not clear whether abortions are performed there. North Carolina law proscribes abortion after 12 weeks gestation, except in cases of rape or incest, where it legal through 20 weeks, and “fetal abnormality,” in which case it is legal through the 24th week.
U.S. Senator Ted Budd released this statement:
"Smearing pro-life Americans as terrorists is despicable. The materials briefed at Fort Liberty are disturbing. As soon as I became aware of it, I directed my team to contact Army and Fort Liberty officials. They have begun an investigation. The Army must get to the bottom of this and see that it never happens again."
Many conservatives are misinformed about the U.S. Military, believing it to have been unscathed by the Marxist revolution which has corrupted almost all the other institutions in our society. That is dangerous ignorance. The military is one of the wokest organizations in the entire government.
Reportedly, President Obama began purging conservatives generals and admirals from the military early in his first term. During Obama’s third term, often quaintly referred to as the “Biden Administration,” the purge has gotten all the way down to the level of non-commissioned officers.
For further reading:
Unfit to fight (by bad**s female chopper pilot)
Air Force Academy is slipping . . .
Spenser Rapone: the communist West Point grad
“Communism will Win”: Rod Dreher on Spenser Rapone and the woke military
