Retired Real Admiral John Kirby is probably the most effective spokesman for the Biden White House. He's certainly much better at the job than White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. He's very good at deflecting tough questions and has a very even keeled demeanor.
But I was astonished by his bizarre defense last week of the Pentagon's new pro-abortion policy that subsidizes travel costs for female (and presumably even "male" personnel) seeking abortions.
Kirby said that when our brave sons and daughters enlist in the military, they have every right to expect that the military will take care of them and their families, and that "reproductive [health] care is a foundational sacred obligation of military leaders."
Well, using Pentagon resources to subsidize abortion is a violation of federal law and has been for decades. Our patriotic recruits who volunteer for military service aren't signing up for "free abortions." That's insulting to our troops!
But what really struck me was how passionate the mild-mannered Kirby was about this issue, as he pounded the podium and declared the destruction of innocent babies to be a "sacred obligation."
There was no such passion from Admiral Kirby when 13 brave Americans were brutally murdered at the Kabul airport because of Joe Biden's incompetence. Kirby said the Biden Administration was "proud" of that disastrous retreat, adding, "For all this talk of chaos, I just didn't see it. Not from my perch."
There's considerable irony here, too.
For decades, the political left has accused the American military of being "baby killers." When our soldiers returned from Vietnam, they were advised not to wear their uniforms because they would be attacked and smeared as "baby killers."
Civilians, tragically, die in any war. And civilized nations go out of their way to avoid civilian casualties and the death of the innocent.
But leftists are the real "baby killers," who seek to destroy as many innocent pre-born children as possible. Now, under Joe Biden, they are quite literally turning our military into what they falsely accused it of being – "baby killers."
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