Ron DeSantis rolled out his plan to “rip the woke out of the military and return it to its core mission” at a campaign stop in Columbia, South Carolina, on July 18.
DeSantis’s plan doesn’t address military weaponry or theaters of engagement, subjects he often touches on in his speeches.
The program instead focuses on another side of revamping the military: undoing what he says is the Biden administration’s military preoccupation with diversity and inclusion, critical race theory, and climate change—so the armed forces might focus once more on how to fight wars.
In his speech, Mr. DeSantis assailed the American military’s current path….}