It's Time
Submitted by Wes Clark on February 3, 2010 - 5:05pm.
It's time to end "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
President Obama stated his resolve to end this discriminatory policy in his State of the Union address. And yesterday at the Senate Armed Services hearing, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen and Defense Secretary Robert Gates joined the call to end "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
From a moral standpoint, we should honor all those who want to serve their country. It's wrong for people to be told they have to lie about who they are and cover up their identity in order to serve their country.
From a national security standpoint, we are fighting two wars. Our military is strained. And yet we discharged over 400 soldiers last year due to this policy, including crucial Arabic and Farsi translators.
It's time to end "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Email your members of Congress. Tell them to support the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" today!
Unfortunately, the current policy in the U.S. Armed Forces really isn't "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." It's about witch-hunts. It's about tattle-tales. It's about the pressure to cover things up, to not be seen, and to not know who you are.
Other nations' armed forces have gay and lesbian individuals openly serving in them, and they are succeeding. There is no reason why we have to discriminate against men and women who want to serve their country.
I was encouraged by Secretary Gates' announcement of a one-year review with an implementation plan to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" to be submitted by the end of 2010. But to implement any plan, Congress must support the repeal.
Email your members of Congress. Tell them to support the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" today!
People should be entitled to be who they are.
As Admiral Mullen stated in his testimony yesterday, "Allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do."
Sincerely,
Wes Clark
Video & Transcript: Gen. Clark on CNN on Tuesday, February 2
Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on February 3, 2010 - 8:32am.
Wesley Clark
Hello Everyone:
Here is the CNN video link of Gen. Clark on Larry King Live as a panel guest (along with Lieutenant Colonel Robert Maginnis, Lieutenant Dan Choi, and Tony Perkins) talking about repealing the military's "don't ask/don't tell" policy which only goes up to the commercial:
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