You could google the story. It was in today’s NYTimes.
What’s THAT about?
Judge not, lest ye be judged…
You could google the story. It was in today’s NYTimes.
What’s THAT about?
Judge not, lest ye be judged…
United Kingdom, Australia and Israel have gays in military, why can’t USA??
United Kingdom, Australia and Israel have gays in military, why can’t USA??
Military’s Discharges for Being Gay Rose in ’05
By JOHN FILES
Published: August 15, 2006
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 — The Defense Department discharged 726 service members last year for being gay, up about 10 percent from 2004, figures released by a gay rights group show.
The overall number of men and women dismissed because they were found to be gay or because they disclosed their sexuality fell in the three years from 2002 to 2004. From Sept. 11, 2001, through last year, the discharge rate dropped 40 percent.
The total of such discharges in 2004 was 653. That compares with 770 in 2003, 885 in 2002 and 1,227 in 2001.
Under a policy introduced by the Clinton administration known as “don’t ask, don’t tell,” the military cannot inquire into service members’ sex lives unless there is evidence of homosexual conduct.
Those who volunteer the information have to be discharged. More than 11,000 members have been discharged for that reason, the legal group said.
In an interview on Monday, Mr. Meehan pointed to “the seamless integration of openly gay service members into the militaries of many of our closest allies, namely the United Kingdom, Australia and Israel.”
WTF? That’s so stupid!
What’s so stupid? The USA government?
United Kingdom, Australia and Israel have gays in military, but they just do it so if they lose, they can tell the winner: Yeah! You’re so tough. You beat a bunch of gay soldiers!!
That’s a good strategy.
won’t they be dead if they lose?
I’m not aware of many wars where every single person of one side is literally dead for the other side to win.