PrintDecember 18, 2010
The Courage of Marine Corps Leadership on DADT
In an age when many Americans do not recognize that we are at war, most Americans still respect the sacrifices that our military men and women make on their behalf. According to a Rasmussen poll last May, the military continues to have the highest favorable and lowest unfavorable ratings of any group or institution in the United States Whether it is on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier, on the mean streets of a third-world hell-hole, or as a silent sentinel on the Korean border, the servicemen we place in harm's way perform with dedication and excellence. They do this under physical and psychological conditions that most Americans could not tolerate and cannot understand. Their service and sacrifice allow us to go about our daily lives and, as Churchill put it, "sleep soundly in our beds." That our soldiers have to visit violence upon those who would do us harm is a sad reality. Even a novice student of history knows that battle-ready...(Read Full Article)
