Comments on: Vanasco: Another DADT casualty http://www.365gay.com/blog/vanasco-another-dadt-casualty/ The daily news source for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:11:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Johannes http://www.365gay.com/blog/vanasco-another-dadt-casualty/comment-page-1/#comment-57945 Johannes Thu, 21 May 2009 16:34:21 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=7505#comment-57945 Great article. Great article.

]]> By: Yhitzak http://www.365gay.com/blog/vanasco-another-dadt-casualty/comment-page-1/#comment-57906 Yhitzak Thu, 21 May 2009 12:43:07 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=7505#comment-57906 I am not currently in the military, I never have been, and, for a number of various reasons, I never will be. I hold a great deal of contempt for those entities that allowed the US to enter into the illegal war in Iraq. That having been said, I still hold a great deal of respect for those uniformed soldiers and officers who put their lives on the line to defend truth, justice, and the American way. I watched the interview with Lt. Fehrenbach and found myself crying in shame for my government and my countrymen. How many gay men and women have died for the missions of this country and have received accolades simply because it was not publicly known that they were gay? Would the military retroactively repeal those accolades if the truth were to be known about those people? Don't Ask Don't Tell is not just a slight against those living service members, it is a slight against all those that have paid the ultimate sacrifice for their nation and their countrymen. DADT removes the human element from the armed forces. And the most important thing for us ALL to remember is that the people in uniform who defend this or any nation are actually people, they are thinking individuals with needs and desires comparable to the needs and desires of all citizens of every nation. I believe iI do not (as a rule) agree with military action, but condemning the action is a separate notion from the troops themselves. Separating the war from the warriors is not always an easy feat, especially in a conflict as mired in controversy as this one is. As these wars are. In the immortal words of the band Crass: Fight war, not wars. Destroy power, not people. I am not currently in the military, I never have been, and, for a number of various reasons, I never will be. I hold a great deal of contempt for those entities that allowed the US to enter into the illegal war in Iraq. That having been said, I still hold a great deal of respect for those uniformed soldiers and officers who put their lives on the line to defend truth, justice, and the American way. I watched the interview with Lt. Fehrenbach and found myself crying in shame for my government and my countrymen.

How many gay men and women have died for the missions of this country and have received accolades simply because it was not publicly known that they were gay? Would the military retroactively repeal those accolades if the truth were to be known about those people? Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is not just a slight against those living service members, it is a slight against all those that have paid the ultimate sacrifice for their nation and their countrymen.

DADT removes the human element from the armed forces. And the most important thing for us ALL to remember is that the people in uniform who defend this or any nation are actually people, they are thinking individuals with needs and desires comparable to the needs and desires of all citizens of every nation.

I believe iI do not (as a rule) agree with military action, but condemning the action is a separate notion from the troops themselves. Separating the war from the warriors is not always an easy feat, especially in a conflict as mired in controversy as this one is. As these wars are.

In the immortal words of the band Crass: Fight war, not wars. Destroy power, not people.

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