I saw this post on a friends facebook status update today:
"(I) can't believe the military still has the "don't ask, don't tell" rule. Thank you for showing the world how incompetent and backwards you are. But then again I suppose little can be expected from people who willingly sign up to be human meat shields."It annoyed me. Twice.
First, because of the statement's total lack of respect for our troops. The author needs to be reminded that these "human meat shields" are responsible for her freedom to post this disparaging remark.
What is expected from people who willingly sign up? In a word, everything. War is hell. Literally. I agree that not all wars should be...some need to be. You just can't reason with some people who are bound and determined to enforce their philosophy on others.
Soldiers don't make policy. They enforce it. Thank them for your freedom.
Secondly, the policy that needs changing is the (US's) policy of no gays in the military, not the don't ask don't tell policy. In fact it is no one's business what anyone's sexual orientation is...you should not ask and I should not tell, it's personal and has no bearing on the military or any other facet of public life.
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