Here is an inane video from msnbc which draws the nexus between bullying and gays in the military. Of course none of these opinion formers have ever served in the military. They draw conclusions based on a rationalism that embraces everyone generally without knowledge of any one specifically i.e. vagueness of stereotyping younger and older generations or telling a LGBT that there is no place for them when the better reasoning should be based on the relevant context namely the "brotherhood of the battlefield during a firefight".
The Coast Guard which is a predominantly women's force thinks that it is ok for announced gays to be in the military. The Marines do not. Marines take bullets and need to know that other Marines will take bullets for them. Coast Guardians save people in precarious situation.
Most people that have not been in an all male situation do not understand what is going on when groups of young men take long trips to the men's room in the middle of the night. General James Amos, the Marine Corps commandant, said a repeal would be risky for Marines.
“There is nothing more intimate than young men and young women - and when you talk of infantry, we're talking about our young men - lying out, sleeping alongside of one another and sharing death, fear and loss of brothers […]I don't know what the effect of that will be on cohesion. I mean, that's what we're looking at. It's unit cohesion. It's combat effectiveness,"Sharky&Sharky would add "and not political correctness". The decision should be left to the leaders that take men and women into battle in which they will die. Another suggestion would be to interview a large number of gay men that served valoriously and are now retired. Talk to gay people that know something about war not Cindy McCain; pass me another beer huh babe?
Sharky&Sharky©
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