OBAMA'S BIG BLUNDER: REPEALING DADT!

President Obama just cannot help himself from blaming current problems on the past administration. Nothing is ever his fault. That's about to change. He is about to make a colossal blunder...


One must remember, there is no Constitutional right to serve in the United States Military...period! There never has been, yet according to our once Constitutional law professor, President Obama, there is and he stated so in his State Of The Union Address.

“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.”

After many occasions praising our military and relating to us the amounts of respect he holds to those who serve, he announces that he is ready to embark on what Bill Kristol, from “The American Standard” and Col. Oliver North, from  “Fox News” have described as a dangerous social experiment. The President looks to satisfy a liberal section of society and his party by asking Congress to repeal the “Don't Ask Don't Tell” law for the military that restricts open homosexuality in the service.

However the President is mistaken...IT DOES NOT DENY THEM THE RIGHT TO SERVE! For obvious reasons, the majority of Americans understand, the law basically requires exactly what it states. We don't ask about sexual preference and you don't tell what your sexual preference is. The policy works for the military and that should be the end of it. For good reason, the military has always operated under separate rules and regulations that differ from those of civilian society. Just because you are citizen does not mean you can serve. Right now we operate on an all volunteer basis but we maintain a Selective Service System. Two words, “Volunteer” and “Selective”, stand out here.

Gay men and women are already serving in the military and are doing so as volunteers. They cannot say they weren't aware of the DADT law. A true call to duty is based on one willingness to serve their country not to advance some social agenda as the President would like. If the need ever arose to increase the level of troops, then Selective Service would kick in. However, just because you are chosen through the Selective Service System you are not guaranteed the right to serve and never have been. Inductees must first pass physical, mental and moral exams before given a classification for service.

Right now our military has the best equipment and the best trained and educated soldiers in the world. Simply put, they are the finest fighting force in the field. What the President and the radical left are proposing is damaging to what may be the one institution the American people still place their faith and trust in. Currently the American military is engaged in two wars. The logistics of that alone demands their full attention. Yet her comes “Mr. Change” ready to embark on dismantling the current operational structure to appease a minority. Ready to tear down the institution he claims to have so much respect for. The time effort and money spent on re-organizing the military if such a law was overturned is unimaginable. It is bad for moral, it is bad for unit cohesiveness, and will certainly effect recruiting.

Time and again this President has shown no foresight into the policies he proposes. Here is something that he might want to consider. If his proposal does in fact reduce recruiting, will Selective Service be brought into action...will he then be forced to institute a draft? Even if a draft is enacted after he leaves office, it will always be part of his legacy, the President who brought back forced military service. I believe many of those young supporters of his, including the gay ones, won't be so enamored with him then, not to mention all their parents. Obama just doesn't get it. The reason our military is the best is because it is an all volunteer vocation. The young men and women serving have done so not to advance a social cause or to participate in a social experiment. They have done so to protect and serve this great country. There is no Constitutional right to serve but there is a right to pass on service or leave after your time is up. Think on that Mr. President. The military you claim to love may be the one you destroy.



Edisto Joe

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