"An About -Face on Gay Troops"--------

[gyrafoam]

from todays New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/opinion/09west.html?_r=1

 

[petek]

Hasn't been a problem in the Dutch or Canadian armies is my understanding where also woman can and do fight on the front lines. The first Canadian female was killed in Afghanistan 2 years ago

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/cdnmilitary/women-cdnmilitary.html

 

[panthera]

The German

military has no problem with us serving, tho', to be honest, there have been repeated episodes of hazing and violence through the years.

Incidents have declined through the years. The biggest problems are with the conscripted men in their late teens from very Catholic (surprise) areas of the Bavarian 'jungle'.

Women also had one hell of a battle to be taken seriously but have managed to make progress.

Israel has gay soldiers and nobody fcuks with their army.

 

[iheartmaytag]

It hasn't about faced just yet

From the Wichita Eagle

http://www.kansas.com/news/state/story/693523.html

 

[toggleswitch2]

New let's think about this.

YAH, like I'd want to come-out with a bunch of a gun-toting, teenaged hick soldiers from a Bible-thumping God-forsaken backwoods little tiny town.

How fast would I be shot in the back?

Espeically if they enjoyed the sex, and feel guilty about it.............

 

[panthera]

Well, Toggles,

That's why you need to keep their backs to you...

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Seriously, it was a problem for a while in Germany, but eventually most of the local yokels got used to it. Yeah, there are fights still, but that is just part of life for young heterosexuals. Mother nature's way of pruning the vine of life.