Military Homo-noia Hits Hard
In case you forgot, we are actually so backward as a country that we are continuing to dump military talent who happen to be gay:
A week after the Senate authorized adding 20,000 new soldiers to sustain military operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan, a new study published Monday has analyzed one place where the military keeps losing men and women -- the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.One of the soldiers discharged, Brian Muller, 25, was an Army bomb squad team leader who served on a security detail for President Bush. In an Associated Press report, he explained why he told his commander he's gay.
"I didn't do it to get out of a war -- I already served in a war," Muller, 25, said in an interview published by the AP. "After putting my life on the line in the war, the idea that I was fighting for the freedoms of so many other people that I couldn't myself enjoy was almost unbearable."
Among those discharged are 90 nuclear power engineers, 150 rocket and missile specialists, 49 warfare specialists, and 88 linguists (including at least seven Arab language specialists). Genius.
THAT IS SO RIDICULOUS! What is the reasoning behind no gays in the military????
Elisa at June 22, 2004 6:37 AM
Well, at the root of it is, of course, religion. Various religious groups have an irrational belief in the bible -- based on zero proof -- that it is "the word of god." They are very selective in the bits they follow; for example, you don't see the religious fanatics stoning any adulterers, do you? Anyway, they use a few bits about homosexuality to deem homosexuality "a sin." This feeds into fear and hatred of homos, and a (rather perverted, if you ask me) concern about how, exactly, other people are having sex. This also feeds into a fear-based notion that gays will hit on straight people in the military...perhaps "converting" them...and everybody will be having sex in the trenches. The hypocrisy of the sex in the trenches argument is especially evident considering that women are now all over the military...and nobody's all that concerned about the likes of Abu-Lynndie getting knocked up by a fellow (fellow) soldier.
Amy Alkon at June 22, 2004 7:04 AM
Oh, it's all making perfect sense now... Gays can't be in the military because they'd all be encouraging the partaking of and having sex in the trenches instead of fighting the evil that lurks outside America's borders.
Elisa at June 22, 2004 8:30 AM
Absolute Tragedy. Because of this, Lena will be deprived of serving on the front lines in Iraq.
chris at June 22, 2004 8:42 AM
Lena is needed on the front lines in Los Angeles.
Amy Alkon at June 22, 2004 8:44 AM
well, it's not like mr muller didn't use it to his advantage. wa-wah. i feel so sorry for all those gay people who can't go get their butts blown off in iraq (no pun intended).
*tami* at June 22, 2004 12:20 PM
"Lena is needed on the front lines in Los Angeles."
Right next to Flamazoid!
Lena at June 22, 2004 12:56 PM
> Military Homo-noia Hits Hard
> In case you forgot, we are actually so
> backward as a country that we are continuing
> to dump military talent who happen to be gay.
It's wrong and all, but is the sarcasm anything but supercilious? I'm asking if there's another country with an armed service you admire where these things are handled better, and which wars they've won lately.
Crid at June 22, 2004 3:15 PM
"It's wrong and all, but"
Slow down there, Crid babe. Tell us why it's wrong.
"I'm asking if there's another country with an armed service you admire."
The answer is a resounding "NO."
Lena at June 22, 2004 6:46 PM
If I recall correctly, Israel has allowed gays to serve openly for some years now, with no problems. I believe Australia does as well, and I know that Great Britain does.
Accipeter at June 22, 2004 7:48 PM
I think the Rand Corporation did a study on gays in the military in the early 1990s. They concluded, somehow, that gays made the military better. But keep in mind that, at Rand, a lit review is considered a "study" -- and this particular study was done by a bunch of fags.
Lena at June 22, 2004 9:43 PM
Lena, methinks you're indulging some runaway fantasies...
> Slow down there, Crid babe. Tell us why it's wrong.
In Fantasy #1, you're Chief Commandant for Prisoner Rhetoric Certification at the Lenaland Re-Education Gulag.
> "I'm asking if there's another country
> with an armed service you admire."
> The answer is a resounding "NO."
In Fantasy #2, Ambassador Lena opens every meeting of the United Nations General Assembly with a finger-snapping rendition of a multiracial soda pop commercial.
"I'd like to TEACH-ah (click)
The World to-ah SING (clickclick)
In Perrrr-Fect Har-Moe-Neeee...."
Afterwhich, everyone's lined up on a hillside (even the warlike nations), dressed to the nines in their native garb, precisely one meter removed from any unpleasantness with their surrounding neighbors. Everyone's buzzed on bubbly, caffeinated sugarwater, facing rays of golden sunshine. It's just Heaven!
Crid at June 23, 2004 9:03 AM
Lick my ass, Crid.
Lena at June 23, 2004 12:25 PM
If you seriously believe armies are unnecessary, you need not be consulted on their composition. Stay home and watch TV; we'll take care of everything.
Crid at June 23, 2004 1:07 PM
I think people like you are unnecessary.
Lena at June 23, 2004 1:26 PM