I don't know how many times I have heard the expression "Let's let the generals decide this issue". Well, the top general (actually, an admiral - same thing), has spoken. He is not only an Admiral, but is CHAIRMAN of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
McCain just stated a thousand officers have signed a document that states... don't change it.
Here is the way I see it -
1) If someone wants to defend the United States against its enemies, I don't care if he or she is gay, or straight, or whatever. Besides, his or her sexual orientation is none of my damn business,
Which is why they have don't ask, don't tell. The place is not a social experiment. It is a machine of disciplined destruction of our enemies through brutal force or espionage.
unless he or she is disrupting other troops by hitting on them. There are rules for that already in the military for straights. They will apply to gays too.
You go into a sub, or battlefield quarters that are tighter than sardines in a can... not good when tensions are high.
2) If gays serve in the military, I will also thank them for their service, because I love my country, and I know they do too.
I'd put them in secretarial positions with women.
To those who don't like the idea of gays serving in the military, you might as well prepare to accept it. It is going to happen sooner or later, and it is going to be a benefit to our military, rather than a liability.
It is going to create tensions, it is going to foster political correctness to a sickening degree as it has with women in the military, and it will get more GI's killed. No long term benefits there unless you are a lib and think the place should be a social experiment.
Don't ask don't tell works... it weeds out the gays that create tension. Don't break what is working. It's not worth one American life.
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