So why am I having this reoccurring thought of the English king in the Mel Gibson movie, Braveheat (1995)?
The poor guy is in his war room trying to figure out how to deal with the Scottish upstart, William Wallace. Without his being asked, the king’s boyfriend lover pipes up his own sage military advice on what should be done.
The king patiently hears the rash young man out. Once done, the king gently escorts the gay man (not that that matters, of course) to the nearest castle window. He then unceremoniously hurls the formerly confident pseudo strategist to his death [The theater applauds].
The uninterrupted planning for the upcoming war with William Wallace is then allowed to proceed.
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Moral: In a genuine military crisis, there is little room for politically correct affirmative action hires, cultural inclusion, racial diversity quotas, or “wokeness.” There are just gunfighters and everyone else. Only after the crisis passes can a nation feel free to return its armed forces to whatever fashionable nonsense is currently considered vogue.
