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Sunday, October 24, 2010

The Caliber of Our Military Leadership

is sometimes breathtaking. From Gen. Hugh Shelton, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs:

"Why do you think it would?" interrupted Amanpour. "I mean some of the great allies of the United States have. Whether it’s Canada, whether it’s Britain, France, Australia, even Israel allows openly gay men and women to serve in the military. And they have great armies, great militaries."

"They have great militaries, great armies," Shelton answered. "But if you check the historical records, Christiane, as you know, we've never lost to any of them. We are the top of the pile. We are the best in the world. And we want to stay that way."

We haven't fought the British and/or Canadians since 1815, long before they adopted their open service policies. We haven't fought France since the 1750s, although I'm not sure that counts -- we weren't us yet. And we've never fought the Israelis.

So how dumb to you have to be to get a chest full of fruit salad?
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