Should we Ignore Terrorism but Celebrate Gay Pride?

SFC William Farrell — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 23:36:22 -0400

Accuracy in Media is reporting that the Obama administration is ignoring terrorism while celebrating gay pride. How do we veterans and service member feel about this? Please bear in mind, this is not an anti-gay question on my part, it is news that is making the blogs. I actually happen to like most gay people.
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/ignoring-terrorism-but-celebrating-gay-pride/

Ignoring Terrorism but Celebrating Gay Pride

The old Army slogan, “Be all that you can be,” has certainly taken on new connotations.

Response by Capt Mark Strobl made Jun 17 at 2015 12:00 AM

Capt Mark Strobl — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 00:00:22 -0400

Accuracy in Media (AIM) = Food for the Right Wing-Nut Trolls. To insinuate that the President is ignoring terrorism in lieu of any other issue is... well... irresponsible. In reference to the cited article, have we not sufficiently beat this poor, dead horse?

Response by SSG Roger Ayscue made Jun 17 at 2015 12:42 AM

SSG Roger Ayscue — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 00:42:00 -0400

I feel that it is a Travesty! A Pure waste of time and effort. Nearly EVERYTHING that ht POTUS has done is to weaken the US Military. Not only is he ignoring terrorism, but he is releasing the terrorists a few at the time and has ordered that the US Army train muslim fighters that may well be part of Al Queda. What part of all that is NOT Giving Aid and Comfort to the Enemy? Yet the liberal left will say "Aw look, the Army is open to gays....." Yet they themselves are too sorry to volunteer their liberal asses to serve. "A Man SERVES HIS COUNTRY, he does not make excuses why he did not" POTUS should be required to be an Honorably Discharged Veteran

Response by COL Charles Williams made Jun 17 at 2015 12:47 AM

COL Charles Williams — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 00:47:06 -0400

No... But, it appears we are off target, message, and that our national priorities are not right SFC William Farrell

Response by SFC Joseph Weber made Jun 17 at 2015 1:45 AM

SFC Joseph Weber — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 01:45:12 -0400

I don't think the LBGT stuff is affecting President Obama's approach to terrorism. They do all this for Hispanic Pride month, Black History month, Asian pacific Islander month, Month of the Military Child, Army Birthday balls, and about a million other things. You could post the same article for everything the DOD does that is not related to war fighting or Terrorism.

Response by SFC Mark Merino made Jun 17 at 2015 5:05 AM

SFC Mark Merino — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 05:05:38 -0400

I'll meet this dilemma in the middle and be on the alert for gay terrorists.

Response by LCpl Mark Lefler made Jun 17 at 2015 6:30 AM

LCpl Mark Lefler — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 06:30:22 -0400

what are you talking about? the two are mutually exclusive.

Response by Cpl Jeff N. made Jun 17 at 2015 6:46 AM

Cpl Jeff N. — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 06:46:42 -0400

He has certainly had a more thought out and widely communicated policy on gays in the military than he has on the war on terrorism. He still has no actual strategy for combating ISIS and others in the region (or around the world).

Response by 1LT William Clardy made Jun 17 at 2015 7:23 AM

1LT William Clardy — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 07:23:32 -0400

Proud to velcro our skill tabs and badges on whatever the current camo de jour uniform is?

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 17 at 2015 7:59 AM

MSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 07:59:57 -0400

I say we celebrate all of our differences and just live our own lives. As long as you are not cooking meth in your house, I do not care waht you are doing in there. Terrorism is a different story. We are ignoring the home grown threats as well as those overseas.

Response by LTC Bink Romanick made Jun 17 at 2015 8:01 AM

LTC Bink Romanick — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 08:01:22 -0400

I suppose all those drone strikes and Spec Ops raids conducted throughout the world don't count? Maybe, just maybe we don't know all that's going on....nor should we.

Are those drones painted in rainbow colors?

Fixation on gay issues abounds here. Why?

Response by SGT William Howell made Jun 17 at 2015 1:12 PM

SGT William Howell — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 13:12:07 -0400

I have had it with this discussion! It has been beat to death.

I am ready to celebrate terrorism and ignore gay pride.

I have been beat to death with this topic. I don't care who you are boinking, just do it and shut up about it!

At least terrorist try not to flaunt it all over the place. "OOOOHHHH look at me, I'm a suicide bomber!", just doesn't happen.

Response by PO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 17 at 2015 2:09 PM

PO1 Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 14:09:14 -0400

I'm not ignoring terrorism and Gay Pride has no affect on me..
Just because there is no policy doesn't mean that we as service members or Ret. Vets or even everyday civilian has to ignore Terrorism.
As on a carrier.. 'Head on a swivel, ears & eyes open'

Response by LTJG Robert M. made Jun 17 at 2015 5:58 PM

LTJG Robert M. — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 17:58:30 -0400

Nuff Said?

Response by MAJ Matthew Arnold made Jun 17 at 2015 6:48 PM

MAJ Matthew Arnold — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 18:48:53 -0400

Yeah, lets keep our priorities straight.

Response by LTC Bink Romanick made Jun 17 at 2015 7:29 PM

LTC Bink Romanick — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 19:29:25 -0400

You were saying SFC Farrell?

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/15/jihadis-say-the-u-s-just-killed-al-qaeda-s-1-threat.html

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 18 at 2015 7:40 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 19:40:39 -0400

Yes...the administration is ignoring the shit out of ISIS...with drone strikes, support packages for the IA, and something like 3000 advisers.

And an administration can only focus on one thing at a time. It is like a goldfish, as soon as you are out of its field of vision, it forgets about you and doesn't do anything about you.
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Just because blogs are talking about it doesn't mean it is true. The day to day fight against ISIS isn't the juicy story right now, that doesn't mean it isn't happening.

Response by SSG James Raschke made Oct 22 at 2015 10:54 AM

SSG James Raschke — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 10:54:27 -0400

we should not celebrate gays at all. What has our country come to now? Our military never did this back 10-20 years ago. Our country has gone to shit since our president encourage his kin to do so.