Colbert mocks ‘Don’t ask, Don’t tell’ in Baghdad in front of audience of troops

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Colbert mocks ‘Don’t ask, Don’t tell’ in Baghdad in front of audience of troops
By David Edwards and John Byrne

Published: June 10, 2009
Updated 1 hour ago

In front of a cheering crowd of US servicemembers in Iraq, Stephen Colbert debated the military’s “Don’t ask, Don’t tell” policy on his program broadcast Tuesday night.

“Nation, the recent firing of Iraq combat veteran and Arabic translator, Daniel Choi has renewed the debate over “Don’t ask, Don’t tell”, which allows homosexuals to serve in the military if they don’t reveal their sexual orientation,” Colbert said. “Evidently, you can “be all that you can be” with one exception. So are openly gay soldiers a threat to our military readiness, or has the time come to let them serve? An issue this sensitive can be tackled by only the sharpest of minds and the snappiest of dressers.”

Colbert mocked the reasonableness of booting servicemembers with long tenures in the armed forces. He alleged that 59 Arabic translators had been discharged in recent years.

“People like Lt. col. Victor Fehrenbach are being discharged after serving 18 years in the Air Force,” Colbert said. “Even though he has nine air medals including one for valor.”

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This video is from Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, broadcast June 9, 2009.
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[Rabrrrrrr]

1. That was good!

[WorseBeforeBetter]

2. THAT was a thing of beauty.

My experience with service members is that they couldn't care less about orientation and reject the discrimination, but then again, I'm not hanging out with the *pigs* at Camp Limbaugh (or whatever it's called...).

[Wednesdays]

3. K&R

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[Hissyspit]

4. It's not hard to mock. It's absurd.

It's very existence mocks itself, but mostly it mocks us as Americans.