Gays in the Military

If gays want to be 'out' in the military, shouldn't they have to prove themselves worthy, as a group, much like the Japanese-American Nisei battalion did during the seige at Monte Casino?  This blooding could give them a lot more cred with the naysayers, eh?

[godsshoeshine]

1) segregated battalions are silly
 2) there have been plenty of gay people that have fought and died for the this country already.  sure, they weren't "out", but i think they have proved themselves

What about an airborne battalion of castrating lesbian priestesses?  I, for one, would run to the hills.  Their unit patch could be a pink pussycat?  They could lead in the hunt for Saddam and OBL?

[markie]

I didnt realise the Japanese Americans got to fight. sounds like they got the real choice missions.
 
 Have you ever heard the Billy Bragg song, Everywhere.....

Originally posted by mark e smith:
 
 Have you ever heard the Billy Bragg song, Everywhere.....

No

[markie]

Maybe you would like the album, dont try this at home?
 
 
 BILLY BRAGG LYRICS
                                                                                         EVERYWHERE LYRICS
 
                                                                   
 Dig in boys for an extended stay
 Those were the final orders to come down that day
 Waiting to be saved in the Philippines
 You'll wait forever for the young Marines
 
 Now I believe to be here is right
 But I have to say that I'm scared tonight
 Crouching in this hole with a mouth full of sand
 What comes first
 the country or the man
 
 Look at those slanted eyes coming up over the hill
 Catching us by suprise
 it's time to kill or be killed
 
 Over here
 over there
 it's the same everywhere
 A boy cries out for his mama before he dies for his home
 
 All my life I wanted to be
 As clever and strong as my best friend Lee
 We grew up together along half Moon Bay
 Lee was Japanese
 born in the USA
 
 When Tommy was fighting Jerry along the River Seine
 Me and Lee we wanted to do the same
 Then they bombed Pearl Harbor at the break of day
 I was headed for these islands when Lee was hauled away
 
 They said look at his slanted eyes
 
 he's guilty as guilty can be
 Sent here as enemy spies to sabotage the Land of the Free
 
 I never got home
 my platoon was never saved
 That little fox hole became my island grave
 Lee got out of jail but a prisoner he remained
 Till he ended his own life to lose that ball and chain
 
 And they said
 Oh Little Slanted Eyes
 can't you forgive and forget
 And he said
 Oh Mr Friendly Ghost
 Can you catch water in a net?

Obviously Bragg has heard of the Nisei...

[markie]

Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:
  Obviously Bragg has heard of the Nisei...

I dont think so, Lee was hauled away and interned for the length of the war. It is written from the perspective of Lee's friend......
 
 "All my life I wanted to be
 As clever and strong as my best friend Lee
 We grew up together along half Moon Bay
 Lee was Japanese
 born in the USA"
 
 
 Read it again,
 
 Master has fallen.

[mankie]

There wouldn't be a US Navy without homosexuals for Gods sake....or a Womens Royal Air Force for that matter.

Originally posted by mankie:
  There wouldn't be a US Navy without homosexuals for Gods sake

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[mankie]

I sez your doodle Navy is full of poofters...gotta problem wiv dat john?
 
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[ggw]

Didn't Churchill describe the Royal Navy as "rum, buggery, and the lash...."

[mankie]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Didn't Churchill describe the Royal Navy as "rum, buggery, and the lash...."

Rum, sodomy and the lash actually.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

This guy Churchill must have been a Pogues fan.

Originally posted by mankie:
   

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Didn't Churchill describe the Royal Navy as "rum, buggery, and the lash...."

Rum, sodomy and the lash actually. [/b]

[ggw]

Originally posted by mankie:
   

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Didn't Churchill describe the Royal Navy as "rum, buggery, and the lash...."

Rum, sodomy and the lash actually. [/b]

So it's true that the motto of the Royal Navy was "Never Leave Your Buddy's Behind"