But I guarantee you that if the Commandant were not to at least appear to be carrying out his orders, the President would fire him and put someone who really does like the idea of gays in the military in charge.
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I would be personally honored to be fired by Øbama for failure to be his butt buddy in charge of sodomizing the Marines.
From the bogus lies the Pentagon spead showing “support” by the troops for the repeal of DADT, to now this enthusiastic statement by Gen. Amos as he pledges his support to lead the way....
I am disgusted by these Pentagon brass-holes.
You seem to think that he should instead behave like a petulant child, defy the President, and essentially blow-up the Marine Corp so Obama can't get his gay little hands on it. Well, as a former Marine officer myself, I prefer my flag offers to think more strategically than that. Weather this storm, and hope for a change of command in a coupld of years.
Consider this possibility for a second. Let's say that this policy gets instituted, and there are all sorts of problems with it that start giving rise to second thoughts. The Commandant will be able to say "look, I tried my best, but it just didn't work." That creates the possibility that the policy will be reversed, which is what we all want.
Now consider the alternative if he fights and drags his feet publicly. The policy's failure will then be blamed on his alleged unprofessionalism, and give people an excuse to argue that the policy would have worked if only the brass hadn't undermined it intentionally.
If we are right that this is a bad policy, and I think we are, then the best strategy is to follow orders and let the policy collapse under the weight of it's own flawed premises.