Here are some quotes from a related article...
"Since lifting the ban on gays, none of the military's fears concerning blackmail, bullying, harassment, collapse of unit cohesion or operation failure has descended."
"In the UK, the military actively recruits gays and punishes any incidents of intolerance or bullying. "
While in the US...
"Since "don't ask, don't tell" was implemented, 58 Arabic linguists and a shocking 11,000 other service members have been ousted. Many held critical jobs in intelligence, medicine and counterterrorism."
"Gen. John Shalikashvili, who held the same post under President Clinton, when Congress enacted "don't ask, don't tell," said in an op-ed article in the New York Times that he now believed the military was ready to accept gays."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/po/20070629/co_po/ukarmedforcesapologizeforantigaybias
2007-06-29
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