Posted on 01/12/2017 7:15:56 PM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1
Groups that advocate for LGBT troops were said they were assuaged by retired Gen. James Mattis’ Thursday testimony suggesting he won’t roll back rules set by the Obama administration allowing such service members to serve openly.
“We are heartened by Gen. Mattis’ stated commitment during his testimony not to reverse the profound progress we have made in ensuring LGBT service members and their families are able to serve our nation with pride,” American Military Partner Association President Ashley Broadway-Mack and OutServe-SLDN Executive Director Matt Thorn said in a joint statement.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter lifted the ban on transgender troops serving openly last summer and the repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that banned gay service members from serving openly also came during the Obama administration.
Outside groups had been worried that Mattis, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Defense, would be hostile to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender troops based on past statements he’s made blasting civilian leaders with a “progressive agenda” imposing “social change” on the military.
He was pressed on those issues by multiple Democrats during Thursday’s confirmation hearing and ultimately said he would not roll back the changes unless a service secretary tells him there is a proven issue with the policy. At first, he demurred when asked if gay troops were undermining the military’s lethality. But asked later by Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) whether there’s anything innate about being a woman or identifying as LGBT that would prevent someone from serving in a lethal force, Mattis flatly said, “No.”
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He talks a good game, but the Haditha Marines story will tell you all you need to know.
People expecting the reincarnation of Patton are setting themselves up for disappointment.
So basically Mattis is saying, when “LGBT” troops get captured or tortured by the enemy, don’t come crying about tolerance and other bull-rubbish.
The military social experiments have began to include gays and bisexuals. They were on the verge of officially including transgenders, but stopped just short of doing this. Perhaps this is where Mattis will keep it for now.
That’s enough on big changes for a few years.
I do hope he ends that ‘Put Yourself In Her Shoes’ trainning that forces male recruits to spend the day walking around in red high heels. I suspect such ‘experiments’ have convinced a lot of active armed service members not to reenlist.
“So basically Mattis is saying, when “LGBT” troops get captured or tortured by the enemy, don’t come crying about tolerance and other bull-rubbish.”
Man, I HOPE so! I THINK so. I KNOW so.
However, why these mentally ill dopes aren’t drummed out before they’re even RECRUITED is beyond me!
‘WHO got to our Recruiters?’ SHOULD be the question that is being asked!
He’s good for a lotta tough talk. But he will keep trannys and homos in. He will keep females in the USMC infantry.
He shoulda had the balls to honestly answer the effect of women in the infantry, and the effect of faggotry and trannys.
As long as there is zero tolerance for open faggotry..
Tried searching for related FR articles many weeks ago, but no luck. The Haditha witch hunt was a disgrace.
Matt played the senator from New York, Gildebrand.
He was totally non-committal. I took it he was done with using American fighting forces as a social experiment.
So, they were "assuaged?" Interesting word choice. Sounds really kinky for some reason.
He didn’t “play her”. He lied. He knows damn good and well that women don’t belong in the Marine infantry, and trannys are sick in the head, and that homos degrade unit integrity. He said the opposite of the truth.
At best he weaseled around the truth.
Mad Dog is is a puppy when it comes to PC. His transgendered, homosexualized military will depend on technology and downplay fighting spirit. But what’s going to happen when it faces an enemy whose technology is as good as our own?
George Patton would never have made it to lieutenant colonel in this environment.
“As long as there is zero tolerance for open faggotry..”
I grew up with a guy who is gay. I never knew it until we were in our thirties and he moved out of our small town and told me. He served in Nam and traded a leg for a Bronze Star and Purple Heart.He is probably the perfect example of “don’t ask, don’t tell”. If they were all like him it wouldn’t be a problem.
If you want your same sex partner you can keep your same sex partner
“So, they were “assuaged?” Interesting word choice. Sounds really kinky for some reason.”
I got the same feeling when reading it. Before looking up the definition of assuaged, I had a mental image of a sausage. Then knowing the folks that used it, what they would do — well, let’s not go there.
[[As long as there is zero tolerance for open faggotry..]]
Oh it has been tolerated for quite some time
US: 38 Men Raped in Military Every Day
An estimated 14,000 military men were assaulted in 2012 alone, according to GQ magazine.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-38-men-raped-military-each-day-1464947
I still think open homosexuals, and especially transvestites and transsexuals, would be disruptive in a military environment. And I still think the weaker sex should not be in combat positions.
Many Spartans were found dead on the field in pairs. You have a lot to learn about true soldiers, hisory, humanity and common decency!
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