Biden Admin Discovers Consequences, Two Years Too Late
The Hill reports that the Biden administration is exploring avenues to restore benefits and potentially change discharge statuses for veterans who were pushed out of the military for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine. This comes after over 8,000 service members were separated, many with less-than-honorable discharges, for prioritizing personal medical decisions over an experimental mandate. One might
wonder why it takes years for the obvious impacts of such policies to register with those in power. This isn't about protecting 'unit cohesion'; it's about shifting political winds. These service members were deemed 'unfit' or 'disobedient' for refusing a medical procedure, yet the military regularly grapples with far more pressing readiness issues that garner less political urgency. The timing
smells less like genuine concern for veterans and more like a calculated move to shore up public opinion after the initial, heavy-handed decrees. How many more 'tough decisions' will be quietly reversed once the public is no longer paying attention?