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Monday, December 6, 2010

Don't ask Don't tell, Some satirical arguments

John McCain has been really fighting the end of Don't Ask Don't Tell. He keeps raising the bar as to what will make him accept repealing the policy. I don't know who to attribute this to but one commentator noted that opponents to the repeal are trying to have it both ways by simultaneously saying we have the most professional military in the world but they are essentially not mature enough to shower with gay people like they would at the gym when state side  Here are some of the advantages to the repeal of DADT (some more serious than others):

Land of the Free
Not only must we hold on to our best and brightest without consideration of who they like to get in formation with, but having equal rights in our military makes our forces more sympathetic to foreign fighters. I don't know if it has been confirmed yet but initial reports of the most recent WikiLeaks were supposedly released by a gay soldier who was pissed at his treatment. If we repeal DADT it will increase the chances that the soldiers still keeping their self in the closet will kick their countries skeletons out of it.

Unit Cohesion
I have heard that ending DADT could hurt the cohesion of the unit. First of all that is stupid because I'm sure most of the time they know who is gay. I don't know why higher ups assume the grunts don't have gaydar. 

Intimidation
When we go into another country the first propaganda spread is how "American soldiers will come here and rape our women!" If we end DADT they will solicit the response "I heard they will come here to rape us!"
Keep in mind that we are currently fighting very conservative fundamentalist.

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