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Don't ask don't tell
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On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:15:40 -0400, Harry ?
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On 7/9/10 8:12 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 15:02:46 -0700,
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The real vote on this will be at the enlistment office.
If the southern rednecks who make up the core of the infantry do not
show up and the current ones fail to reenlist expect a draft or a
sharp decrease in our ability to wage these crusades.
You can't run a war with interpreters and language specialists.
Since most of the public supports its repeal, I doubt that's going to
stop
recruitment. People act as though there are no gays in the military.
The
point of repealing this is so that those who are there don't have to
lie
about it.
Again, the real vote is not going to be a poll of the general public,
it will be among those who are likely to join the military or those
who might reenlist. That is why Gates sent out those questionnaires he
is in so much trouble over.
Cut the $500 billion we spend on the military in half. Get rid of half
the personnel, keeping only a portion of those who can deal with 21st
Century realities.
It is really more like $696 billion but I do agree with the "half"
part. The problem is, if we are still going to wage war with 14th
century opponents we need some people who are not hindered by reality.
Nobody in their right mind would go up into the mountains of
Afghanistan ... for anything.
Maybe they could exempt certain units from don't ask. That might be a
compromise everyone could live with.
And, God forbid that someone who's gay should serve in the military..
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