Posted on 02/02/2010 3:22:49 AM PST by SkyPilot
Defense Secretary Robert Gates will go before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday to unveil the Pentagon's plan for rolling back the controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding gay soldiers.
During last week's State of the Union address, President Obama made clear he wanted a change.
"This year, I will work with Congress and our military to finally repeal the law that denies gay Americans the right to serve the country they love because of who they are," he said to a healthy dose of partisan applause.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff have been quiet on the matter since the State of Union, and sat stone-faced as the president made the announcement Wednesday.
A senior Pentagon official told CNN the military leaders are expected to support the president, but also will tell him to what extent they think allowing gays to openly serve will hurt the morale and readiness of the force.
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Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institute said the real test will be in the barracks, with the rank-and-file members of the military.
"We can talk about this delicately or we can just be fairly direct," O'Hanlon said. "There are a lot of 18-year-old, old-fashioned, testosterone-laden men in the military who are tough guys. They're often politically old-fashioned or conservative; they are not necessarily at the vanguard in many cases of accepting alternative forms of lifestyle."
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A trusted friend (in the USAF) described "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) as an envelope that surrounds military regulation. When Clinton put DADT into place, he was instituting a policy that forbade the application of the regulations against deviant homos and the ability of the military to enforce its rules.
My friend said that removing DADT effectively puts the pre-'93 regulations back at the forefront - and in full force. This means that the removal of DADT brings the military BACK to a position where they CAN ASK and CAN enforce the rules against queers in the military.
So, if this is all true...then does 0bama's removal of DADT actually give the military the ability to enforce its codes OR will the military have to also change its existing rules, codes, and regulations?
I'd appreciate some clarification. Thanks.
>Gates is looking at separate barracks and showers that will be “Gay Only.”
How insensitive to the transgendered, quadsexual, questioning, rosypalms and horned
gerbil seeking others! Are these soldiers left to sleep and shower in torture?
These people have lost their minds.
Who is going to want to defend this screwed up country?
People shouldn’t be surprised Bisexual Berry wants gays to flaunt their lifestyle in the military. He’s a pathetic excuse for a man. It makes me sick to think about Berry and his tutu wearing buddy playing hide the salami in the white house.
If you read the news, the gears are already changing. Gates has already ordered a "tolerance" during the "process." What the homosexuals really want is acceptance, applause for what they do, and to force the military members to comply with this deviancy. Moreover, the "hate crimes" regulations to accompany this travesty will be draconian and tyrannical.
Good grief.
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