Repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Over 100 retired Generals and Admirals said it is now time to repeal the Don't Ask, Don't tell policy and that Great Britain, Israel and other Nations have gay and lesbian serving. The article also stated that there is an estimate that there are over a million gay/lesbian veterans here in the United States.

Wow, did I just feel a chill in the air? I'm sure this will really blow (no pun intended) many citizens away. And I know it is probably very hard for some to understand or imagine gays or lesbians in the military. However, I believe this has been the case for all time. I remember reading the book Dispatches by Michael Herr. In it he states something to the effect that he was out in the field and it was very quiet except for the two marines making love in a sleeping bag (or something to that effect). Interesting choice of words, not screwing, not fucking, but making love. Was it just the feel of another warm body to hold on to? A round-eye who spoke their language and understood that tomorrow may be the last day? A fellow soldier who became good friends and who wanted to share that friendship to the highest level possible? Or, for those people who felt more of a freeze than a chill in the air, were they just two queers and that is the reason the war was lost?

What was my eperience serving this Country as well as being stationed in Vietnam? That is for another post, another day.