Posted on 11/09/2009 4:04:32 PM PST by ikeonic
It's time for a policy change in the American military. "Don't ask, don't tell" may have seemed like a good compromise in 1993 but makes no sense in a post 9/11 world where the average soldier worries far more about getting fragged by an al Qaeda sympathizer in their platoon than whether their bunkmate is a little light in their government issued boots.
This report from ABC news should make your jaw drop:
U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News. According to the officials, the Army was informed of Hasan's contact, but it is unclear what, if anything, the Army did in response.Joe Lieberman is appropriately jumping to conclusions and demanding answers despite our dear Leader's warning not to. Yes, Obama only advocates jumping to conclusions when saying that a white cop "acted stupidly".
On Sunday, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) called for an investigation into whether the Army missed signs as to whether Hasan was an Islamic extremist.Sorry, President Obama, I'm going to jump to conclusions here and I agree 100% with Joe Lieberman."If Hasan was showing signs, saying to people that he had become an Islamist extremist, the U.S. Army has to have a zero tolerance," Lieberman told Fox News Sunday.
In my opinion, any soldier who professes sympathy for the enemy or tries to contact the enemy should be immediately dishonorably discharged. If the Army was squeamish about kicking Hasan out when he practically begged to be kicked out, something is wrong and there needs to be a full investigation of Army policy.
If we've tolerated "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" for 16 years, surely we can justify swiftly discharging terrorist sympathizers within the ranks. Last I checked, there haven't been any terrorist attacks by gay or lesbian soldiers. To quote Barry Goldwater, "You don't need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight [at the enemy, that is.]"
It's time to scrap "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". The gay and lesbian people of the world are not at war with America. But radical, extreme Islam is most certainly at war with America and the military should not tolerate anyone who openly sympathizes with the enemy. Besides, does anyone really think any soldier at Fort Hood's biggest fear is getting fragged by a gay or lesbian?
Only the most homophobic person would conclude that gays in the military pose a greater threat than the next Hasan who comes unhinged and puts his extremist beliefs into action. Besides, allowing gays and lesbians serve in the military might serve as a deterrent to radical jihadis like Hasan since they openly hate gays. Muslim countries routinely condemn gays to death. Do we really care if the imams in Iran will hate us more if we allow gays in the military? They'll chant "Death to America! Death to Israel!" no matter what we do so it's silly to try to appease them in any way.
So I call on the military to give gays and lesbians a chance to serve. Kick the terrorist sympathizers out.
Sounds like another attempt by the gay and lesbian sympathizers and advocates at utilizing an horrific event to justify allowing gay and lesbians into the military, but hey, that is just my opinion.....
NO!
Radical leftists, and this includes most “gay activists” are a far greater danger to America than radical islamists.
In the fight against terrorism we don’t need the help of the corruptors of our society.
NO!
Radical leftists, and this includes most “gay activists” are a far greater danger to America than radical islamists.
In the fight against terrorism we don’t need the help of the corruptors of our society.
I can see it now.
A Regiment in pink camo will come and redecorate their caves and nag them crazy until they give.
BTW you do know that homosexuals are allowed to serve in the military, as long as they don’t parade their perversion?
“Don’t ask, don’t tell.”
Fragged or frigged. And a lousy C-I-C to boot. Sad times for our valiant soldiers.
Oh, never let a good crisis go to waste, eh?
I read that Hasan refused to be photographed with women.
How come the NOW crowd wasn’t all over that?
Does the US govt have a hierarchy of PC related exemptions with muzzies at the top?
This DOES put things in a different perspective for me. A West Point grad could be summarily, dishonorably discharged for having a ‘boyfriend’ (information turned in by fellow soldiers) but in the uber PC of today, Dr. Hasan can argue with his patients (what psychiatric care? Convert infidel!!!); spew threats (infidels should have their throats slashed; burning oil poured on them, etc); publicly question the policy of the US govern (no free speech in the military!) and his superiors can be warned of his threatening, menacing behavior...and Hasan gets promoted and entrusted with his fellow soldiers well being...but a Gay is the real threat?
No.
All Americans need to ban together (and the Gays have more than the rest of us to fear under Shari’a law) and fight the ‘fifth column.’
Well, using that logic, we should kick all radical leftists out of the military instead of just gays and lesbians who are radical leftists (not ALL are, you know).
Further, using your logic, what if FDR had kicked all racists out of the military during World War II? Weren't we better off unifying against the real enemy in Hitler, imperial Japan and Mussolini and saving the fight against segregation, racism and communism for another day? You can't fight all of your enemies at once. You have to pick the greatest threat of all and attack it with everything you've got. We won World War II because we didn't allow ourselves to get distracted from the immediate threat that had to be dealt with. Radical Islam is the immediate threat that we must deal with. Any soldier who doesn't agree with that statement should be kicked out of the military.
A Regiment in pink camo will come and redecorate their caves and nag them crazy until they give.
Queer Eye for the Jihadi Guy?
HUH
Enlist homosexuals, NOT
Having served then I can only come to the conclusion that the writer of this piece has no concept of how the military is.
Believe me I know of not one person who is still serving or has left who thinks they would like to share a bunk or a shower with a homosexual.
I’ have heard of some daft argument for homos but this is the most outrageous yet.
How about getting rid of fanatics and homosexuals seeing as most homosexuals are fanatics when it comes ot their perverted ways
Exactly. Its how left wingers work. They demagogue their way to getting their policies implemented.
Having an immoral army will not let us win this war.
Wouldn’t it be great to see an Islamofascist die at the hands of a homosexual?
Interesting priorities.
nail on head
What kind of a stupid argument is this for homosexuals
a stupid one it seems.
Having served I do not want some homosexuals in the same shower as me or even in the same room to see him bring his homo pervert in.
the world is going mad
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