Don't ask, don't tell

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Originally posted by PartyBaby

If you're giving your life for your country, you shouldn't have to lie about what you are.

Hard to imagine that people can argue against this very idea, yet it is encouraging that the WBW poll that started this thread is tracking the national consensus of America.

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Originally posted by 888SPO

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Hard to imagine that people can argue against this very idea, yet it is encouraging that the WBW poll that started this thread is tracking the national consensus of America.

Yes, I'm glad to see that popular opinion believes this was the right thing to do.

No happier than I am, my dear !

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Originally posted by Sugarpie

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Yes, I'm glad to see that popular opinion believes this was the right thing to do.

Several military big-wigs said that x number of polls showed that the average military member was for keeping 'don't ask, don't tell. Fine, whatever. I don't care if it stays in place for another century. But where, for the love of God, were these polls and poll-quoting Generals and Admirals just before we invaded Iraq? Would the big wheels have polled the average grunt in say 1967 about the wisdom of staying in the meat-grinder of Viet Nam??