According to the Washington Post, at the beginning of this century, 20 percent of cadets at West Point identified as members of a racial or ethnic minority group. In 2021, the number was 36 percent. Similarly, at the Naval Academy, minority representation grew from 19 to 37 percent.

I’d like to see the evidence that the Army and Navy are protecting the nation more effectively today than in 2000 due to the spike in minority officers? I doubt it exists. …

We should be confident that America will be able to defend itself quite ably with an officer corps that’s diverse in the original, rather than the quota, sense. If anything, we should worry about the ability of a racially discriminatory and race-obsessed military to defend America.