[TheRealThing]

[quote=TheRealThing]

The point of my view on it is that the force, for the most part, and every services leader except Marine Commandant, General Conway, was indifferent to getting rid of DADT. And we have a very, very conservative military, naturally. If you are a vet, or AD, you should know by now that we don't go on ethics. We go on what we are forced to go on by a few civilians, with input from our commanders, but when it comes down to it, their word means little.

If Pres. Obama or any other politician hadn't mentioned getting rid of DADT, it wouldn't be close to a subject, and it would go back most Americans not even know what DADT means.

Again, we, the military, are indifferent to it for the most part. Live and let live. Our job is to take the lives of the people who want to hurt us, and we do it good, whether you like penis or vagina. Who am I, or you, to judge?

When it comes down to it, they'll be judged by one ultimately. Whatever happens happens.

I knew you weren't really reading my posts through, but that's OK. If you go back through our dialogue you may notice that I said the authority to judge mes's behavior lies with God not other (flawed) men, and certainly not your's trully. Further, it irritates me that the left is using the military for purposes of social engineering, if I can borrow the term Hoot just posted. I never said gays shouldn't be there, or that they wouldn't be good soldiers or anything negative except that DADT worked and why fix it? To me the clear answer is it's left wing socio/political sausage being forced through the US military machine to work out the bugs and give it credibility. They have enough to do to defend the nation and fight the whole planet IMO.

I understand your view and what other choice would you really have but, to accept what comes down the line and press on? That's the best way to deal with these things. I'm sure you feel like you can handle it and civilians, be they retired military or the angels on high, they can just ----off. Marines quote scripture and cuss in the same sentence so I can't line up with you a 100 percent about your ethics views but we're close enough.