Former CIA Director and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo certainly knows a thing or two about America’s most dangerous enemies. Without downplaying the very serious threats to our national security posed by China, Russia, and Iran, Mr. Pompeo focused on the enemy that is eroding our values and destroying our future from within. “I fear America is on a path to disintegration due to persistent failures in our education system,” he wrote in in op ed article for the New York Post.
Mr. Pompeo pointed to “American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten and her fellow travelers” as personifying the “radical and progressive forces” who are crippling this nation’s schools. In fact, he went so far as to call Ms. Weingarten “the most dangerous person in America,” after having previously referred to her as the most dangerous person in the world.
“Education is the key that unlocks the golden door to freedom,” said George Washington Carver. “The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth,” said President John F. Kennedy. Read more…