Behind the folly of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’

By James Carroll | Monday, October 5, 2009 | The Boston Globe

“…Now thwy tell us. Sixteen years after institutionalizing a denigration of gay people, the Pentagon is discovering that its ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy has been a moral catastrophe. Undermining the morale it was supposed to protect, it has been ‘wholly inconsistent with a core military value – integrity’. That’s the conclusion of an upcoming article in the Joint Force Quarterly, from the office of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff – reported on last week by the Globe’s Bryan Bender. The journal article, based on a study conducted at the National Defense University, issues a forthright call for a repeal of the ban on homosexuals in the military….”…BS

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/10/05/behind_the_folly_of_dont_ask_dont_tell?mode=PF

 

 

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