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mahatmakanejeeves Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-09-09 10:18 PM
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"If we let gays and lesbians serve, it will destroy unit cohesion,"
Edited on Mon Nov-09-09 10:23 PM by mahatmakanejeeves
but this guy stays in for year after year after year.

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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-09-09 10:31 PM
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1. "If we let negroes serve beside whites, it will destroy unit cohesion"
Something Strom Thurmond might easily have said in 1948
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-09-09 11:02 PM
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2. Same thing was said about women in the 70s/80s as they entered military/police
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Kurska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-10-09 12:00 AM
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3. Gays openly serve in Israel and the UK, both countries have one of the finest
most "cohesive" armies in the world.
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Lilith Velkor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-10-09 01:07 AM
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4. Not only that, they wouldn't let him leave.
And people wonder how the most expensive military in human history repeatedly gets punked by countries that don't even have air forces.
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aikoaiko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-10-09 02:11 AM
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5. At some point, military leaders will ask if anyone believes that one anymore
Edited on Tue Nov-10-09 02:11 AM by aikoaiko

and no one will.
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