Since the riot at the Capitol on January 6^th, the US military has been very focused on “combatting extremism,” to the point that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered the entire military to conduct a “stand down” on the topic of extremism.

However, few may remember that Congress killed an effort to require the military to study that very thing just a few years ago:

In a fascinating story that was apparently overwhelmed by other news events, US Rep Trent Franks (R-Az) had proposed an amendment to the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act that would have required the US military to perform a “strategic assessment” on “violent or unorthodox Islamic religious doctrine.”

The amendment was defeated 208-217.

In the years prior to that bill, nearly two dozen attacks had been planned against the US military, including many by members of the US military – all motivated by their Islamic faith.

It seems people are only interested in talking about extremism if it’s the politically correct kind.

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