Adm. Mike Mullen, the Joint Chiefs chairman, favors repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. He will also continue enforcing it until it’s dead.
At a breakfast this morning sponsored by The Hill, Mullen told his audience, “The most important part is to make sure it won’t impact, in a time of great stress on our military … their ability to execute the mission. We’re trying to get this right.” Moreover, DADT “is the law, and we’ll continue to comply with it until that changes.”
But if Mullen had his way, it wouldn’t change — at least not until the Pentagon finishes its study. He is, after all, vocally opposed to Congress’ current legislation.
Lanjier
He is so fucking worried about “getting it right,” yet is comfortable that ripping his trained and loyal soldiers from their units and dumping them on the street is “getting it right.” He never thinks this is about giving orders to respect other gay soldiers and expecting the straight soldiers to follow their orders. No input from them is necessary. “Soldier, next time I hear you call private Jones a faggot you lick that toilet clean! You got me son?”
Getting it right just means that the straight soldiers get it right. THEY get it right or THEY get sent home. Problem fucking solved.
Michael @ LeonardMatlovich.com
Unfortunately, the source article at Talking Points Memo makes an assertion that one can only hopes there’s no basis for. They write:
“Mullen referenced the recent announcement by Defense Secretary Robert Gates that any ongoing enforcement of the DADT policy would be limited to service members who actively out themselves in a way that the chain of command cannot ignore.”
Of course, no such announcement was made, so, as much as I think Mullen is a 12 o’clock phony in a 9 o’clock town, this is so wrong that I’m going to have to see an official transcript before I believe he said it.
TPM does not quote him directly, and at “Mullen referenced the recent announcement” hyperlinks to a “Washington Independent” article that came out the day BEFORE Gates’ announcement and is full of wrong predictions about what the announcement would contain and the reality of DADT World.
While, contrary to Gay, Inc., Pollyannas, Mullen is not our friend, I can’t believe he’s THIS stupid even though he’s often seen in the company of Pentagon clowns such as two of his fellow Joint Chiefs who thought DADT had already been repealed and the Secretary of the Army thought Gates had imposed a moratorium on all discharges. Scary to think they have access to nuclear weapons.
Of course, this could be another example of what I’m beginning to think of as a “DADT Curse” which seems to melt countless minds resulting in all kinds of people, including gay and nongay media alike, repeatedly spouting nonsense about it.
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