Commentary by Lt. Colonel John Lewis Cook, USA (ret.)
This tribute to the
Lavender Set took place in the Pentagon’s auditorium which is in the basement
of the building. Normally, special
events such as this take place in the bright sunlight of the center
courtyard. In any event, the basement is
the perfect place for this venue.
Valerie Jarrett, the
president’s all purpose, all weather cheer leader was in charge and she was
definitely ready for the challenge. Ms.
Jarrett is famous for other-the-top statements that bear little resemblance to
reality and on Tuesday, she did not disappoint.
“Because we repealed Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell, our military is stronger and our country is safer now that homosexuals
may serve openly,” she told the cheering audience. This is a most sweeping assertion and it
would, under normal circumstances, be accompanied with something in the way of
proof to lend it credibility. After all,
she is making the gay soldiers sound like supermen and, without them, the
nation would be in grave danger. However,
there is nothing normal about these circumstances we are facing today with this
administration. It’s as if Obama has
repealed the requirement for any supporting documentation, on any issue. In short, if the administration says it, it
has to be true. If the administration
decides to make gays in the military the new Golden Boys, then they become
Golden Boys. Period.
Next up was Chuck
Hagel, the current Secretary of Defense who was selected to be the fall guy for
the loss of Afghanistan. Unfortunately,
he doesn’t know it yet. Taking his cue
from Ms. Jarrett, he fell right in line.
“We’re very proud of everything the gay and lesbian community have
contributed and continue to contribute,” he echoed, with the same amount of
proof and less enthusiasm that Ms. Jarrett offered, which was none.
Then Eric Fanning, Air
Force Secretary, heaped praise on a gay Marine Captain and said when he deploys
in August, “he’ll be taking his husband with him.” (I admit, it will take some of us some time to get used to these odd
possessive pronouns, such as “his husband,” and “her wife,” but I suppose we
should all make the effort because they are not going away. However, in the
interim, it does appear a bit, well, queer.)
To make the event
complete, there was actually a gay General officer in the audience. Not much of a General, to be sure, only a
Brigadier and not active duty but reserve, but technically, a General none the
less. BG Tammy Smith is duly noted as
the groundbreaking General officer that actually came out of the closet. She
and her wife were duly recognized. At
next year’s event, I’m sure the organizers are praying for a two or three star
active duty General just to give the whole thing a touch of class.
While it is all too
easy to make fun of these officials fawning over gays as if they were rock
stars or an endangered species, there is a far darker side to gays serving
openly in the military and none of these officials have the courage to address
it. The dirty little secret is
this. During 2012, the first full year
where gays could serve openly in the military, there were 26,000 sexual
assaults across all services. Of these
26,000, 14,000 were male-on-male assaults.
Yes, you read that correctly.
More men in the military were sexually assaulted than women in
2012. So who is committing the majority
of sexual assaults in the military?
Well, it’s the new hero who “is making our country safer,” according to
Ms. Jarrett, the homosexual serving openly.
It’s the same homosexual soldier that Chuck Hagel is “so proud of.” In fact, Hagel is “proud of everything the
homosexuals and lesbians are doing.” Well, do you think he’s proud of this report
that was reluctantly released last month that blamed the “homosexual community”
for most sexual assaults in 2012? And why was there a 35% increase in sexual
assaults from 2011 to 2012, most involving male-on-male assault? Could it be that throughout all of 2012, gays
were serving openly and apparently taking full advantage of the repeal of Don’t
Ask Don’t Tell, came out of the closet in droves, determined to celebrate their
liberation with anyone they encountered, regardless of consent?
When viewed through
this lens of cold, hard reality, free from the distortion of political
correctness, the whole gay issue quickly ceases to be humorous. In fact, it becomes utterly disgusting. The truth is, gay soldiers are a real threat
to real soldiers and this report bears that out. Instead of putting them on a pedestal, they
should be tried and put in jail. If this
is allowed to continue, this virus has the potential of killing the military
from the inside. For anyone who still
has doubts about this, then I advise them to read the “Annual Report on Sexual
Assault In The Military,” May 2013. So, what is being done about this epidemic of male
rape in the military? Precious little
because if it is forced into the bright light of day, it is an admission that
the great gay experiment was a total failure.
Meanwhile, as the military leadership was partying with gays in
the basement on Tuesday, the last remaining grownups in the Pentagon, the
operational folks who always have to make the hard calls during times like this,
were wrestling with the latest orders from the President to cut ten combat
brigades from a force that is already too lean.
That will be roughly 45,000 soldiers who will, eventually, lose their
jobs and the chance to finish their careers.
Soldiers who have done nothing wrong, raped no one, just doing their job,
will be cut loose. But have no
fear. None of those who get cut will be gay. God knows, in this environment, being gay is
being golden and the gays will keep getting a free pass until sanity is
restored to the system. When that will
happen is anybody’s guess because there are no George Patton’s on the
horizons. Like those guys at Benghazi,
the military right now is on its own. No
help will be coming from this administration.
About the Author
Lieutenant
Colonel John Lewis Cook, United States Army
(Retired), “served as the Senior
Advisor to the Ministry of Interior in Kabul, Afghanistan, with
responsibility for
developing the force structure for
the entire Afghan National Police. As of 2012, this force totals 157,000.
From March 2008 until August
2012, his access and intimate associations with all levels of the Afghan
government and
coalition forces have provided him
with an unprecedented insight into the policies which will determine the
outcome of the
war. It is this insight, coupled with his contacts and associations throughout Afghanistan that form the
basis of Afghanistan: The Perfect Failure."
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