Gen. Shalikashvili: Let Gays Serve in Military

Newsmax.com ^ | January 2, 2007 | Newsmax.com staff

[Ax]

When I was on active duty back during the Paleozoic (60-63), I was in the US Air Force Security Service. The guys who qualified for language training were generally brighter than we knuckle-dragging Morse operators, and the stories going 'round all said that there was a higher incidence of gay airmen in that discipline than in any other. I don't know if there is empirical data to support that hypothesis.

There was a story going 'round a year or two ago about a section of soldiers who were attending the Arabic language course out at Dillywick (Defense Language Institute, West Coast-DLIWC). When it "came out" that they were gay, they were separated from the Army. It seemed to me then as now that that was a terrible waste of some badly-needed resources when we are in a fight for our lives. I hope some relevant civilian agency picked them us.

[Liberal Bob]

:) LOL

[RavenATB]

"He was the worst CJCS of my tenure in the military."

Here, here!

In 25 years on active duty I've never seen worse leadership by the CJCS. He was an absolute 'spaz.' Think of the personnel turmoil of the mid '90s. It was like all the manpower decisions were being made by throwing darts...blindfolded.

[RavenATB]

"Countries that allow homosexuals to serve openly in the military:"

Now tell us which of that list of countries could hope to successfully defend itself against attack from a major power?

[Candor7]

I agree. That is fine by me.

How to get there? Don't vote for RINOs?

[Essie]

And does one of those countries have an effective military?

[stockstrader]

He's laying the groundwork for an appointment to a high position in the 'next Clinton' administration.

[Prost1]

"Gen. Shalikashvili: Let Gays Serve in Military"

He served. So I guess gays do serve. And even become Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff.

What the MSM fail to report.

[higgmeister]

A heterosexual person in the military isn't supposed to talk about his private life.
Why should it ever be OK for a gay person to tell anyone which side of the bread he butters?

[Anti-Bubba182]

I wonder what this would do to recruiting?

[PhiKapMom]

I remember that and wondered at the time why he didn't run. About six weeks ago I found out he was coming to OK to live. Talking of him running for Senate if Sen Inhofe decides to hang it up or for Governor in four years when the DemocRAT Henry is term limited.

[Lancey Howard]

That's a Clinton general for you.

[PhiKapMom]

Exactly! If the retired General isn't a liberal DemocRAT, then we hear nothing.

[PhiKapMom]

Sounds to me more like a top flight Soviet spy, trying to infiltrate and weaken the U.S. military.

I thought I was the only one that thought that. I can remember he served most of his time in Europe which I thought was odd that he would become Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.

[higgmeister]

I have a gay friend that served well in the same career field that I did. He has been out of service for twenty five years and has had a very successful career in the private sector. He has been out in the open for many of those years. My wife and I went to his fiftieth Birthday party.

In addition to the obvious moral problem, the most substantial issue thirty years ago was the stigma against it. The services were fearful that a person in a prominent position might be blackmailed by criminals or the enemy. If the stigma goes away this issue is lessened.

The biggest thing I am against, is the gay advocates that yell that they are gay and insist that you have to admire them for it. If they were all Log Cabin Republicans or Outright Libertarians I would not have much of an objection to them.

[RinaseaofDs]

You know what they call Generals once they've retired?

Mister.

This is for a very good reason. I hope I'm around when Bill Clinton dies. I hope I live about 20 years past it, so I can watch the historians finally plumb the depths of that idiots exploits in office.

Between him and Carter, its amazing what kind of damage those two have done.

[quietolong]

Here’s an interesting line from the book:

Crossed Currents: Navy Women from WW I to Tailhook
http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/bookrev/ebbert.html

Because of lesbians in there barrack Woman felt SAFER sleeping in the men’s barracks then there own.