[WOSG]

Thanks for your cogent input based on your JAG experience and knowledge.

It should be said simply: The best people to judge the military standards of behavior, discipline, that are most effective are in the DoD. It's really not the call of an editorial writer or other 3rd parties (like me or others) to judge. Also, it should not be a hard concept to grasp that there is no right for anyone to be in the service. The military has the right to select and treat those wanting to serve in a way that most contributes to the military's effectiveness. The policy's pros and cons should be judged on that basis.

Dont Mess with our National Security.

[antiRepublicrat]

The military has the right to select and treat those wanting to serve in a way that most contributes to the military's effectiveness.

I know. That's the argument that was used to keep blacks out or banish them to separate units or menial jobs only. It was bad for unit cohesion, not because blacks were somehow deficient in good soldiering, but because of the perceptions and prejudices of the whites in the unit.