DADT battle rages on …

It is safe to say that our military is fighting a war on three fronts, as opposed to two.

There is Iraq. There is Afghanistan. Then there are the frontlines of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” battle, which is really nothing more than a butcher-block of political ideology, and has little to do with the average ‘Joe.

Let’s be honest — this is more about the making of careers, and less about actual concern for the well-being of our country’s Soldiers.

CNN recently covered the Department of Defense’s attempts to survey military personnel and spouses regarding the gay & lesbian’s right to serve openly:

The Pentagon wants to know what military spouses think of the plan to repeal the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy of barring openly gay and lesbian soldiers from military service.

The survey, mailed Friday to about 150,000 spouses of active duty and reserve personnel as part of a larger Pentagon evaluation of the policy, asks recipients if they would want their husband or wife to leave the military earlier if the policy is changed.

It also asks whether the spouses would attend a social event if a gay or lesbian service member were in attendance with his or her partner.

In a “Dear Military Spouse” letter introducing the 44-question survey, Defense Secretary Robert Gates explained the questionnaire is part of his efforts to best implement a repeal of the law, should that occur. [READ MORE]

Personally, I’d like to ask how important a Soldier’s sexuality is when they’re laying down suppressive fire and/or assaulting an objective right beside their heterosexual buddies?

If everyone would calm down on the hysterics and really process what it means to be an American Soldier in this day and age, I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t be too long before we safely arrived at the conclusion that sexuality has no place in that definition …