Don't say they didn't tell us
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, has called for ending Don't Ask, Don't Tell. He's said that it was "the right thing to do." Further, he went on to say that "No matter how I look at the issue, I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens."
But not everyone agrees.
I don't find his arguments compelling. Social feelings about race in the 1940s were far more caustic than they are toward homosexuality today, so desegregation is an apt example. And no one is advocating that those in the same unit become lovers, or superiors be in a relationship with those they're commanding. The author is grasping at straws and denigrating the ability of our armed services to persevere.
That said, we should know our enemy.
But not everyone agrees.
I don't find his arguments compelling. Social feelings about race in the 1940s were far more caustic than they are toward homosexuality today, so desegregation is an apt example. And no one is advocating that those in the same unit become lovers, or superiors be in a relationship with those they're commanding. The author is grasping at straws and denigrating the ability of our armed services to persevere.
That said, we should know our enemy.