Editor’s Note: Each week we receive hundreds of comments and correspondences — and we read every one of them. What follows are a few thought-provoking comments about specific articles. The views expressed herein don’t necessarily reflect those of The Patriot Post.

Re: “U.S. Army Prioritizes Inclusion Over Readiness”

“A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. So, too, a unit is only as strong as its weakest soldier. Being a soldier is not a right to be enforced! Being a soldier is an honor and privilege merited exclusively by those proven to be morally, intellectually, and physically fit. The soldier in the video may be all of those. But recruiting based upon hyper-politicized social issues has NOTHING to do with winning wars. Do not make our nation ashamed of our Army and subject to our enemies!” —Missouri

Re: “Military Officer’s Warning About CRT and Marxism”

“I served in the USAF for 22 years, four as a unit commander. One of the main reasons I joined was because I wanted to help protect the U.S. from an international Marxist takeover. I hope and pray I would have had the courage shown by Lt. Col. Lohmeier if the directive came down to teach and support Marxist doctrine to my troops. If the military cannot count on the commanders in the field to keep good order and discipline, we are in serious trouble!” —Florida

“Seventy years ago, one charging Marxism in the military would have been asked to testify in congressional and FBI investigations. Today, that person is removed for ‘engaging in politics.’ It appears that the extremists are now in charge of the military, and they regard being called out for it as a political attack.” —Minnesota

Re: “Firearm Confiscation Checked by Supreme Court”

“Common sense be damned! How can cops confiscate a person’s guns, stating that ‘he represented a threat to himself and others,’ as he is voluntarily going to be medically tested? Do they have insight that medical doctors don’t? And when the doctors declare the man to be of sound mind, they still have the audacity to react as supreme authority. When does law enforcement have legal authority to do anything contrary to experts in the field? This is like arresting a man for drunk driving after he tested negative on a blood test and breathalyzer. Just another power trip. Should never have gotten to SCOTUS.” —Nevada

Re: “Ethanol Boondoggle Raises Gas Prices”

“The federal ethanol mandates aren’t enough for the Minnesota House of Representatives and the governor. They want to mandate an increase in fuel ethanol content from 10% to 15%. It’s hard enough to keep my lawn mower running on the presently available fuel. These politicians have no concern for the effect high corn prices have on people in Mexico and Central America, for whom corn is a dietary staple. The last time ethanol mandates contributed to a shortage and spike in the price of corn for human consumption, many thousands of Mexico’s poor went hungry so America’s Democrats could feel virtuous about their green gasoline. The starving people protested at U.S. consulates, but few in the American noise media noticed.” —Minnesota

Re: “SCOTUS Takes Up Long-Awaited Abortion Case”

“Keep in mind that it took 58 years for Brown v. Board of Education (1954) to overturn Plessy v. Ferguson (1896). It’s only been 48 years since Roe v. Wade — 48 years of unmitigated evil. We must continue the fight against the murder of babies in the womb by increasing the pressure on all elected and appointed government officials. And don’t forget to pray. Pray as much and as often as you can. Pray that God will forgive America for allowing this abomination, and that He will guide us back to the light.” —Virginia

“Some years ago, fMRI experiments showed humans in the fetal stage can feel pain down to the smallest size the equipment can measure (at that time, 18 weeks). It isn’t the mother who feels that pain, so this sensate being is not a part of the mother to be trimmed off and discarded like hair or fingernails. A mind and heart interested in justice would take the same approach applied to accusation of a capital crime: bend over backwards to avoid killing an innocent. This is precisely the horrid wrong of Roe v. Wade. It’s time to right that, and mandate respect for the child’s right to life.” —Minnesota