Project 2025 and the Military
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Project 2025 is a vision document that was created by conservative research institution "The Heritage Foundation." This roughly 900 page document was designed to be a template for how to run a government in the event of a new conservative American government.
The full plan can be found here:
This video concentrates on the "Good, the Bad and the Ugly" of the plan. Here is the breakdown:
The Good:
1. Deploy “Good enough” systems P111
2. Stockpile ammunition p112
3. JROTC p103
4. ASVAB p103
5. Licensing Reform for Spousal Employment p104
6. Increase Army by 50,000 soldiers p108
7. Increase navy to 355 ships p111
8. And Create a Space Force Academy. p119
The Bad:
1. Missile Defense p125 - 127
2. Decrease ITAR Regulations p 101
3. Reinstating troops separated for refusing to get vaccinated p 103
4. Align Marine Ranks with Army ranks p116
5. Reduce the number of generals p104
6. Remove MHS Genesis at initial entry p102
The Ugly:
1. Expel transgender service members p104
2. Rescind travel cost for military abortion services p104
3. And reforming VASRD or the VA’s Schedule for Rating Disabilities p649
I especially like the random number of ships. Just build any old ship and get her on the water, like the Chinese Navy 😆.
I agree we absolutely need the strongest Navy, but we don't even have tugboats right now! We need investment in basic operational capability which the authors of this document almost certainly have no clue about.
You state we wanted a review. Your last video kinda acted like you actually reviewed the thing, but you didn't. You took the most literal meaning, and then stated things were or were not true.
Legal Eagle came to opposite conclusion in regards to abortion than you, and I follow the Legal Eagle reading here.
This leads to the question: Did you anaylze the other points deeply enough to actualy make a statement about them?
E.g., tax simplification. The last video kinda glossed over that point, but stated overall this is not a tax increase. Hold up, Im not an american, I dont know how you taxes work. And after this video, i dont know either. This would be like a 20 min video, explaining how taxes work, how the new tax system would work, and then calculating a few examples to see if this is actually an incrase or a decrease (or a net neutral with less effort). This way, you can still stay politically neutral. Just state facts, dont value judge them.
You also offer to be an expert for other people on military stuff. If you want to tackle other topics, feel free to invite experts on that topic. As you frequently do on military matters that are not your core expertise (e.g. linking that navy guy).
If you get a tax guy on your channel, I would listen to his expertise.
Anyway, Im glad your back on topics you are an expert in, I came to this channel to learn more things about military, since it's kinda an important topic since 2022.