The left touted feverish dreams for years that the military was under threat from extremists, but that pretense fell apart by Christmas. But as soon as the report found that there was “no evidence” to support the left's claims in the first place, the left's desire for accountability magically disappeared.

The Pentagon has released a long-awaited report on “domestic extremism” within the military. The report was commissioned in April 2021 in the wake of the January 6 riot, which involved many active duty members and veterans. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin commissioned the report to gain better insight into the “problem.”

But after two years of taxpayer-funded research, interviews with more than 100 defense officials and experts, government surveys, papers and other data, a study conducted by the Institute for Defense Analyses found that the It turned out that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications may have inflated the “problem.'' ”

The report also states that, if anything, “the risks from growing polarization and division within the military may be greater than the radicalization of a small number of service members.”

When the media functions as a weapon of the government, it is not surprising that there has been intense polarization within the military over allegations of extremism.

NBC News reported heading: “Department of Defense report warns of threat from white supremacists within the military” in February 2021, ahead of commission of inquiry.A few weeks later, Axios Story The title is “Department of Defense Report: Domestic Extremism poses a serious threat to the military.''

VICE News thoroughly argued that extremism exists in their ranks video Work: “American Terrorism: The Military's Problem with Extremism within the Classes.”

boston globe published In July, an article titled “'Single biggest threat to national security': Military extremism worries experts.”

Of course, these reports were fueled, in part, by the cries of 15 Democratic senators. said in a letter “White supremacists are entering the military and infiltrating its ranks,” he said in a statement to the Pentagon.

“The spread of white supremacist ideology is dangerous to our military and threatens to destroy the civil-military security necessary to our democracy,” the letter said.

The amplification of such claims and the success of fear-mongering by left-wing media led to the Department of Defense's decision in December 2021 to issue new regulations prohibiting military personnel from engaging in so-called “extremist activities.” may have contributed to the decision. Liking something on social media that is considered an extremist view. (Related: 'Domestic terrorism' kills fewer Americans than lightning strikes, GAO report reveals)

The regulations did not specify what constituted an extremist organization or message, leaving that decision to the commander in charge. And despite the uproar, fewer than 100 military personnel were actually accused of engaging in extremist activity in 2021.

But Austin didn't seem concerned about the possibility of division within the military or the politicization of what could be very serious. Austin appointed Bishop Garrison to lead the 2021 Countering Extremism Working Group (CEWG). tweeted In 2019, any supporter of then-President Donald Trump was a clear supporter of extremism and racism.

Of course, there was no need to wait for the Pentagon to release its latest findings. Because anyone with any knowledge of brain cells could have looked at all the other evidence available, combined with a general distrust of media reports, and determined that something was wrong.

A May 2023 Rand Corporation study found that despite media frenzy, veterans are less likely than the general public to support far-right and far-left extremist groups. did. The RAND Corporation found no evidence to support the claim that military veterans are more likely to be members of extremist groups than the average American.

“These initial reports caused a lot of fear and concern,” Todd Helmuth, the study's lead author, told NPR. “But no one has actually looked at the numbers.”