SOUNDBITES
‘But the military was instrumental in insisting that this ban is necessary’
SOUNDBITES — “The military has been passing the buck to Congress by saying, ‘This is a congressional issue; we’re simply following the law.’ But the military was instrumental in insisting that this ban is necessary. [... The policy] is not just a social issue, it’s a national security issue in that we are losing people we can’t afford to lose.” — Nathaniel Frank, author of Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America [LAT]
How much longer must we wait to see DADT end? I’m so sick of this crap. Just end the ban, already!
I’m really getting sick of the incompetence of the gay group that’s supposed to be fighting this battle for us….SLDN. They have NO influence in Congress. I heard the sponsor of the DADT repeal bill in Congress didn’t even show up at their anti DADT rally week ago and that even Barney Frank and Tammy Baldwin didn’t come.
Now they’e saying it’s okay for Obama to keep discharging gays rather than issue an executive order their own expert advisors tell them he can because they have some half-assed idea that Obama should accomplish the same thing by cutting money for discharges out of the defense budget instead? Hasn’t he already submitted his budget and even if he hasn’t what makes them think he would do it that way if he’s not willing to do it any other way?
And even if he would how is that any better in the long run than the executive order they’re screaming must not be done? Another president could overturn Obama’s executive order but they could also put the discharge money back in their budget.
What the hell are they thinking? I’m beginning to think that those who think leaders of gay groups like SLDN and HRC don’t WANT things to change because they’d be no more excuse —- or salary —– for them might be right. When straight reporters are doing a better job challenging the president than our gay “leaders” something doesn’t make sense.
@atdleft: precisely 479 more days. Or weeks, one or the other.