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Nice. Thanks for the reply.
So of those, who allows discrimination lawsuits to be brought against the military?
Wait. Do we allow that?
Nice. Thanks for the reply.
So of those, who allows discrimination lawsuits to be brought against the military?
They conquered a significant portion of SE Asia and fought off a far more powerful nation for years. I'd say they did pretty well, considering.
I could extrapolate your post to assume you meant gays in the military caused Japan to lose WW2, but I don't think in absolutes like that, so I'll assume you meant something else by your statement.
Because they allowed gays to serve? Or because of other factors?
Wait. Do we allow that?
Wait. Do we allow that?
There's never any single factor that results in winning, or losing a war. There were multiple factors that caused the Japanese to lose. However, one prominent factor that caused the Japanese defeat, was the American soldier was a superior fighter.
There's never any single factor that results in winning, or losing a war. There were multiple factors that caused the Japanese to lose. However, one prominent factor that caused the Japanese defeat, was the American soldier was a superior fighter.
You can make of it what you please. I'm just pointing out an historical fact.
There's never any single factor that results in winning, or losing a war. There were multiple factors that caused the Japanese to lose. However, one prominent factor that caused the Japanese defeat, was the American soldier was a superior fighter.
...combined with better maneuvering tactics on the seas.
This might be the funniest thing I've ever read.
Which has exactly nothing to do with their orientation. By the way, the US had gay soldiers too in WW2 you know, most famously Gore Vidal and that Brigadier under MacArthur.
By the way, I am not finding any references to gay solders in japan in WW2, can you show me a source. I am kinda curious now.
Got any numbers on that?
You'll never find any numbers concerning gays serving in the Japanese Army during WW2. They never had an anti-gay policy, because of their denial of the existance of gays.
I think the factor that we had a bunch of brainy Jews build us a super bomb, might be a tad more promiment.
Are you factoring in Pearl Harbor for these "better maneuvering tactics"?
I would say the more prominent factor was superior naval and aviation hardware and a larger production base, combined with better maneuvering tactics on the seas.
I'd also say queers had nothing to do with anything.
Your entitled to your opinion, but you have nothing to back that up with.
Had to have men to use that equipment. And, no war has been won without putting grunts on the ground to defeat the enemy in close quarter combat. You think the superior tactics and equipment would have meant jack ****, without marines and soldiers to assault those island bases?
Also, we figured out nukes first.
Didn't have anything to do with Japan's defeat.
Your entitled to your opinion, but you have nothing to back that up with.
Which is precisely the amount of evidence that supports the idea that homosexuals have a negative impact on military performance.
The US won not only because we had better troops. In fact, to start we really didn't have better troops. We won because of superior tactics, better equipment, a willingness to do what it took to win, larger manpower and industrial pools, technical superiority, and other things. If gays did more commonly serve in the japanese military than in the US military(so far nothing to actually back that up, though it may very well be true), it affects only one aspect. There is no evidence to suggest that gays had any impact on Japanese effectiveness in WW2 that I can find, either to make it better or worse.
I have more evidence than you do.
I never said it was. I only pointed an historical reference and you all freak out over it and mae something out of nothing.
It should be a victory for our armed forces. Anything else and it was a waste of time.
Well, the supporters of DADT obviously have better things to do than answer my questions but I’ll ask again:
Of those countries that don’t have a homosexual ban, who among them allow for a homosexual to sue the military for discrimination?
Many of you keep touting the fact that the US is one of the last to take such a step yet you won’t think about the reasons just like you won’t think about how this legislation can harm the military.
Many of you keep touting the fact that the US is one of the last to take such a step yet you won’t think about the reasons just like you won’t think about how this legislation can harm the military.
Since you are curious about this, I would recommend looking it up. Let us know.