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<strong>Title: </strong> <a href="/link.php?id=19921" target="_blank">Top US General Opposes Openly Gay Troops</a> (click to view)

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<strong>Posted By: </strong> <a href="/modules.php?name=Your_Account&op=userinfo&username=-Mario-" target="_blank">-Mario-</a>
<strong>Date: </strong> 2007-03-13 08:43:24

[Athena]

I hate insecure people like this.... get over it, its a fact of life and I am sure you arnt hot shit that they want to touch.

[hwacker]

$1:

I hate insecure people like this.... get over it, its a fact of life and I am sure you arnt hot shit that they want to touch.

I'm sure you'd hate him leading the troops or would you like Richard Simmons?


you get over it.

[Arctic_Menace]

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I'm sure you'd hate him leading the troops or would you like Richard Simmons?


you get over it.

Remember that whole ordeal about Grant being a drunk, but was actually winning against the South? Lincoln faced criticism for not removing him and instead said something along the lines of: "Then I'll have to send bottles of whiskey so long as he keeps winning."

Feel free to correct me on this, I'm hazy on this issue...


Anyway, the moral is:




Doesn't really matter who is elading your troops, as long as they do a good job. I think that could apply to gays, no?

[Clogeroo]

Maybe the gays should go in the women's bunk or something.

[hwacker]

Arctic_Menace Arctic_Menace:

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I'm sure you'd hate him leading the troops or would you like Richard Simmons?


you get over it.

Remember that whole ordeal about Grant being a drunk, but was actually winning against the South? Lincoln faced criticism for not removing him and instead said something along the lines of: "Then I'll have to send bottles of whiskey so long as he keeps winning."

Feel free to correct me on this, I'm hazy on this issue...


Anyway, the moral is:




Doesn't really matter who is elading your troops, as long as they do a good job. I think that could apply to gays, no?

Ah NO

[GerryHurt]

Just one more example of the bigotted and brainless making it to the top in the u.s.


They say the "cream" rises to the top....so I guess that tells ya what the rest of the americans are like.

[BartSimpson]

The military is NOT a social engineering experiment!

It may not be politically correct, but unit cohesion suffers in militaries with openly gay members and if you end up in a war for your national survival (which only a total fool would say will never happen) you need fighting men who trust each other with their lives right out on the tip of the spear.

While I will allow for exceptions to the rule, most gays and lesbians are also security risks (indicated by poor credit histories, unstable work and social lives, and etc.) and all too many of them suffer from a disproportionate amount of mental illnesses. The 'don't ask & don't tell' rule in place preserves unit cohesion and it also prevents conduct that is unbecoming to the military such as participation in deviant parades & etc. For the record, straight soldiers are advised not to participate in Mardi Gras in New Orleans and or other events that are likewise unbecoming.

The other thing is imagine yourself a parent whose son will be commanded by someone who "scats" in their free time. Would you want your kid to stay in that military?

I'd hope not.

[GerryHurt]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

The military is NOT a social engineering experiment!

It may not be politically correct, but unit cohesion suffers in militaries with openly gay members and if you end up in a war for your national survival (which only a total fool would say will never happen) you need fighting men who trust each other with their lives right out on the tip of the spear.

While I will allow for exceptions to the rule, most gays and lesbians are also security risks (indicated by poor credit histories, unstable work and social lives, and etc.) and all too many of them suffer from a disproportionate amount of mental illnesses. The 'don't ask & don't tell' rule in place preserves unit cohesion and it also prevents conduct that is unbecoming to the military such as participation in deviant parades & etc. For the record, straight soldiers are advised not to participate in Mardi Gras in New Orleans and or other events that are likewise unbecoming.

The other thing is imagine yourself a parent whose son will be commanded by someone who "scats" in their free time. Would you want your kid to stay in that military?

I'd hope not.

What an utter pile of bullshit!!!!!! None of it is worth commenting on.

[Arctic_Menace]

$1:

Ah NO

Why not?

[BartSimpson]

GerryHurt GerryHurt:

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

The military is NOT a social engineering experiment!

It may not be politically correct, but unit cohesion suffers in militaries with openly gay members and if you end up in a war for your national survival (which only a total fool would say will never happen) you need fighting men who trust each other with their lives right out on the tip of the spear.

While I will allow for exceptions to the rule, most gays and lesbians are also security risks (indicated by poor credit histories, unstable work and social lives, and etc.) and all too many of them suffer from a disproportionate amount of mental illnesses. The 'don't ask & don't tell' rule in place preserves unit cohesion and it also prevents conduct that is unbecoming to the military such as participation in deviant parades & etc. For the record, straight soldiers are advised not to participate in Mardi Gras in New Orleans and or other events that are likewise unbecoming.

The other thing is imagine yourself a parent whose son will be commanded by someone who "scats" in their free time. Would you want your kid to stay in that military?

I'd hope not.

What an utter pile of bullshit!!!!!! None of it is worth commenting on.

Facts make you uncomfortable, eh?

[camerontech]

the don't ask don't tell policy isn't enough?

They're not discriminating against gays just telling them to keep their private life private/ is that too much to ask?

[GerryHurt]

What "facts"? How about you backup your bullshit. It's not so subtle "fear mongering". Something americans are experts in....so that either makes you an aerican....or a wannabe.

[Arctic_Menace]

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Facts make you uncomfortable, eh?

Well, you didn't exactly provide links that would help to back up your claim of:

$1:

most gays and lesbians are also security risks (indicated by poor credit histories, unstable work and social lives, and etc.) and all too many of them suffer from a disproportionate amount of mental illnesses.

Just pointing this out...

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The other thing is imagine yourself a parent whose son will be commanded by someone who "scats" in their free time. Would you want your kid to stay in that military?

I'd hope not.

Okay, a fair point; but what if that soldiers Commander(who scats in his free time) ends up being directly responsible for saving that soldiers life?

Oh, and if you say that it can't happen, then you are a hypocrite. Why?

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and if you end up in a war for your national survival (which only a total fool would say will never happen)

You said it.

[xerxes]

If they want to fight, let them fight. Considering the US Army is having major problems meeting recruiting goals, I would think this is the time to not be so uptight about this sort of thing.

Add to that, a good number of the Army's Arabic translators have been discharged for being homosexuals making the policy incredibly counter-productive.