We need to get the homosexuals out of the military!
No, we do not need to get the homosexuals out of the military. Don't ask don't tell has been a huge failure for many reasons. When I was in Iraq I had roughly 165 men in my company. Since out operation tempo (amount of missions to be completed by a group of soldiers) was very high I rarely saw or interacted with anyone outside of my platoon. Halfway through my tour in Iraq I went to a different platoons tent area to borrow a movie to watch while I cleaned weapons. When I walked into this tent, on this 140 degree summer day, there were two men naked spooning on a cot, watching a movie together. I never new that these guys were gay or bisexual. I was shocked not because there were gay men in my company, but because I had no idea that this was happening. Rumors, spread like a brush fire in a company of soldiers because there is nothing else to talk about, and somehow their squad and platoon never said anything. Nor should they have. The fact is that these two men were soldiers just as capable and dedicated to the mission as any other. What is even more messed up is that the military, especially the Army, is notorious for deploying people to combat zones when they are aware that an individual is gay, and then they kick them out of the military after the deployment. When military retention was an issue, before the economy tanked, they would use gays extensively for combat operations, in clear violation of don't ask don't tell, because they had no one else to do the job. The reality is that the military abuses don't ask don't tell to suit its needs. Don't ask don't tell needs to be repealed, and a new policy that allows gays to serve openly and honestly (honesty is supposedly an Army core value) in order to have a military that does not discriminate, and that represents and glorifies our countries tolerance and our individual differences.
http://current.com/items/89883151/11_openly_gay_soldiers_fired_from_army_in_january.htm
Not all Marines are dumb, but this one might be the most retarded Marine in history...
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1598653,00.html