GAYS IN THE MILITARY-DON'T TELL

Leave it up to the Marines. General Conway got right to the heart of the matter when asking how these political games impact battle readiness. This is the question that should be at the forefront of any discussion.

The fact is that as a percentage of the population homosexuals make up only 2%-5%. The number of homosexuals on active duty is even lower. This leads me to the conclusion that all of this is about politics, an attempt to show support for a really small special interest in hopes of garnering votes from the larger population of liberal constituents. This is all about the good of the politicians with no regard for the welfare of those that put their lives on the line in battle.

A repeal of the law as it stands is wrong and quite possibly evil in so far as it affects battle readiness and soldier safety. Keep politics out of the military.

"The head of the US Marines said on Thursday he opposed ending the ban on gays serving openly in the military, the first top officer to break openly with President Barack Obama over the issue.
General James Conway told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he disagreed with Obama's plan to repeal the ban.

"My best military advice to this committee, to the (defense) secretary, and to the president would be to keep the law such as it is."

Conway said the current policy worked and any bid to lift the ban should answer the question: "do we somehow enhance the war fighting capabilities of the United States Marine Corps by allowing homosexuals to openly serve?"
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AS THE WORLD LAUGHS

The immorality of sending young Americans to die just to allow this to happen is breathtaking. Our political leadership, regardless of party, has lost all legitimacy and no longer has the right to place our country's citizens in harms way. The officers in all branches of the military must be starting to think deeply about their oath and what comes next.

"A federal judge has tossed out most of the government's evidence against a tarrorism detainee on grounds his confessions were coerced, allegedly by U.S. forces, before he became a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay.
In a ruling this week, U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan also said the government failed to establish that 23 statements the detainee made to interrogators at Guantanamo Bay were untainted by the earlier coerced statements made while he was held under harsh conditions in Afghanistan."

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