military


Views of an anti-"Don't ask Don't tell" veteran

I couldn't disagree with him more, but interesting to see how they use fear and propaganda to further their cause:

"This means that all 1.4 million members of the U.S. military will be subject to sensitivity training intended to indoctrinate them into the myths of the homosexual movement: that people are born “gay” and cannot change and that homosexual conduct does no harm to the individual or to society.

8 Years ago, who woulda thunk the military would be on the forefront of environmentalism?

Even as it conducts round-the-clock exercises to support two wars, Fort Stewart spends as much as $3 million a year on wildlife management, diligently grooming its 279,000 acres to accommodate five endangered species that live here.

Military contractors

What's wrong with our military when we spend $12 million on each UAV, but don't require the contractors to use encryption???  The officials claim that the only benefit the insurgents have gained is possibly knowing what areas are under surveillance... one question I had - assuming that the video feed is being sent for the entire flight (which it would have to be, since these are flown remotely), can't the insurgents also get aerial photography of our bases as the UAVs fly home and land?

Obama ending stop-loss and endorsing bush-rejected human rights

Obama continuing to step up, putting an end to Bush's stop-loss backdoor draft policy and endorsing the UN gay rights text to call for world-wide decriminalization of homosexuality

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/washington/19gates.html?_r=1&hp

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090318/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_gay_rights