*(Via Gospel Today) Our country loves to say it prides itself on inclusive equality. We like to look at those who we feel are being left out of the American Dream and make modifications to make them feel the dream is achievable.
However, at what cost? I am a strong believer that the private life of an individual should have no bearing on their professional potential but as far as the military goes, I find passing “Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell” to be filled with potential havoc. As a military veteran, I know first-hand that the lives of soldiers cannot be clearly separated by private or professional.
In other words, soldiers do not have such a thing as privacy. A soldier’s “private” home that he shares with his family, whether on or off base, can be inspected, a soldier can be legally punished for cheating on their spouse and they can be disciplined for obtaining a tattoo under “Damage to Government Property” policies.
Let’s face it. The recruitment of soldiers is down and Congress is scrambling to find ways to increase recruitment so they can have more “resources” to play with. Rather than re-institute the “draft” creating massive hysteria, this was the more plausible direction to go into. After all, these are a group of individuals completely willing to serve. U.S. Senator John McCain even said, “Now (wartime) isn’t the time to force such legislation.” But he’s wrong! In the eyes of those who would like to quickly and effortlessly replace our over 4,000 fallen soldiers, it is actually the perfect time.
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It sounds like this author is talking out of both sides of his mouth. First he implies that the repeal of DADT (although he said passing DADT, I think he meant the recent repeal) is wrong. Then he says it’s necessary. Which is it, sir?
And when did it become a crime for a soldier to get a tattoo or be unfaithful?
there are regs for tatoos…are you in the military? We can get them but they have to be a certian size and you can’t show a percentage in uniform. also you can get in trouble for being unfaithful. I say someone get in trouble for it and everyone found out. so yes you can. lastly i get what he says, the miltary needs people to fight and if these jokers what to go out there and do it then go but also realize that this isnt something that under normal cricumstances that we would do. when we get out of the war i can see it changing back to DADT…
To answer your question, no, I’m not nor ever been in the military. And perhaps the repeal wouldn’t have taken place if it weren’t wartime. But the reality is the repeal is here, and the military will finally be a truer reflection of the US population it’s serving. That includes Muslim soldiers and gay soldiers.