tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191205038617397351.post4117875329172794024..comments2024-03-27T07:42:27.263-04:00Comments on A Colonel of Truth: LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE--LEAVE IT ALONEUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191205038617397351.post-7036892530890285802010-02-12T11:15:23.069-05:002010-02-12T11:15:23.069-05:00Gen Powell eloquently opposed allowing gays to ser...Gen Powell eloquently opposed allowing gays to serve in the military when President Clinton first tried to force them on the services by defending discrimination based on sexual orientation -- which he called a "foundational behavioral characteristic" that could undermine military order and discipline -- while denouncing discrimination based on what he called the "benign, non-behavioral characteristic" of skin color. <br />Of course, this was when Gen Powell was a moderate Republican.<br /><br />The forward deployed posture of the US military requires its members to live in close, almost intimate quarters with each other over long periods of time. The introduction of homosexual activity into this environment would destroy any sense of espirit de corps.<br /><br />This is nothing but another political pay-off by our President in his roll as commander in chief.<br /><br />Ken in BaghdadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191205038617397351.post-38818859990785098002010-02-12T08:23:44.524-05:002010-02-12T08:23:44.524-05:00To all readers: For the record, all quoted materia...To all readers: For the record, all quoted material (every Commentary) is verbatim as it appears in public record. It has been checked, rechecked, and cross-checked for accuracy. Comments welcome but do your homework.A Colonel of Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968917380253732621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191205038617397351.post-21967142564621026622010-02-12T08:08:57.203-05:002010-02-12T08:08:57.203-05:00During last month's State of the Union the pre...During last month's State of the Union the president, during his closing remarks, said, "This year, I will work with Congress and our military to finally repeal the law that denies gay Americans the right to serve the country they love because of who they are. It's the right thing to do."<br /><br />Andy:<br /><br />This statement is not accurate: or as a Congressman or a Supreme Court Justice might say "is a lie."<br /><br />As a citizen, I will give the Commander in Chief the benefit of the doubt and say his interpretation of the DADT is at best "fuzzy", not unlike his interpretation of the Constitution in general, not withstanding his reputation as a Constitutional scholar.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11193714868806177485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191205038617397351.post-61409838679318174102010-02-12T08:02:53.351-05:002010-02-12T08:02:53.351-05:00On the mark!On the mark!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11193714868806177485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191205038617397351.post-61155953907314030182010-02-11T21:46:54.249-05:002010-02-11T21:46:54.249-05:00Well ... I guess that answered my question about w...Well ... I guess that answered my question about where you were at on this subject pretty well, Colonel! Outstanding.<br /><br />Semper Fidelis, Sir:)Brucehttp://brucesplace.net/wordpressnoreply@blogger.com