Ex-Army Sec'y: Don't Ask, Don't Tell "like having a bowl of bigotry surrounded by a curtain of silk"

[Bluebear]

President Jimmy Carter's former Secretary of the Army, Clifford Alexander, issued a stinging rebuke Thursday of the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy when he called it a form of bigotry and an overall "inconsistent, foolish policy."

Alexander told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell that the policy, which prohibits gays in the military from being open about their sexuality, was "a little bit like having a bowl of bigotry surrounded by a curtain of silk. It takes the basic integrity of a person and says 'you must forget it.' It turns people into liars."..

In an interview with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, former Secretary of State Colin Powell said the policy, which he helped write in 1993, was a “pretty good solution for the moment.”

When asked directly by Maddow if he would support repealing the policy, Powell said, “If Congress decided to get rid of the policy and if the military leaders of the armed forces are a part of that, of course I would. And if the president decided to do it, I would support the president.”

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Powell_completely_supportive_of_repealing_Dont_0403.html

[babylonsister]

1. He was wonderful! I hope you saw this, Bluebear.

http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2623

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Also, here's a link about Clifford Alexander and a reference he made on Rachel's show about the above link:

http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2628

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[Bluebear]

3. Thank you!

Vetvoice....a great site!

[SemiCharmedQuark]

2. K&R

[Ocracoker16]

4. Great way of putting it

I think will write that one down for future reference.

[Forkboy]

5. Excellent way of putting it.

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