TOP BRASS SHOULD STEP DOWN 

          With the War in Afghanistan going poorly and military computers bleeding classified documents, there is something seriously wrong with the leadership at the Pentagon.  Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen seem to be more concerned about conducting a social experiment that would completely change the culture of the military, rather than spending every waking hour on solving the prodigious (see WOW) military challenges that face our country.  I’m talking about their obsession with political correctness at the expense of keeping this country safe. 

          Bucking all other heads of the military branches, Admiral Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations, has joined Gates and Mullen in calling for a change in the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT) policy that has worked effectively for more than a decade.  One has to wonder why these men would favor implementation of the homosexual lifestyle into a military that is known for and depends on strict order and discipline.  Just how far on the spectrum of homosexual behavior are they willing to go?  Would it stop at men kissing and holding hands in uniform or would they also condone sodomy, the hallmark of the gay lifestyle?  Perhaps they would even be willing to embrace the far extreme of the homosexual behavior spectrum and would consider it a gay soldier’s right to have a sex change operation at the military’s expense, if he decides that he is living inside the wrong body. 

          With all due respect, gentlemen, please come to your senses!  We are in a desperate war with an enemy who wants to do away with America.  We are fighting it on numerous fronts throughout the world and now in cyberspace as well.  We do not need any unnecessary distractions at this time or at any other time, for that matter.  Ask anyone who has served or is now serving in the military and they will tell you that Gates, Mullen and Roughead are way off base.  The great majority of those who have served would tell you that DADT should remain intact.  We believe that to even be considering a change in policy at this time demonstrates a serious lack of judgment.  We are, therefore, calling for Secretary Gates and Admiral Mullen to step down and make room for those who are willing to ‘man up’ and put every resource into fighting this war on all fronts until victory has been achieved.  That is the kind of behavior we expect from our military leaders.  

See Related Article: ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Actually Works’, November 17, 2010