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发帖数: 29846 | 1 对同性恋者参军的态度，没有在战区服役的美国军人17%认为影响正面，21%认为影响负
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区服役的美国军人，11%认为影响正面，44%认为影响负面
http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2010/12/what-dont-
ask-dont-tell-report-really-says
Press coverage of the new Pentagon Don't Ask Don't Tell report suggests that
large majorities of U.S. servicemen and women wouldn't mind the repeal of
the military's current policy on gays. Don't believe it. What the report
actually shows is that the military is deeply divided over the policy, both
between the service branches and especially between those who have served in
combat and those who haven't. Did you know that 59 percent of Marines who
have served in combat say repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell would have a
negative effect? And that 45 percent of Army respondents who have been in
combat say the same thing? That is significant, not marginal, opposition.
Overall, the survey of 115,000 servicemen and women presents a mixed-to-
positive reaction to the proposed repeal of the current policy. Seventeen
percent of all service members say repeal would have a positive effect,
while 21 percent say it would have a negative effect, 33 percent say it
would have equally positive and negative effects, and 29 percent say it
would have no effect.
But the picture is considerably different when you compare the opinions of
service members who have and haven't been in combat. For example, the
Pentagon study group asked the following question of respondents "who have
never been deployed or haven't been in combat environment since September
11, 2001":
If Don't Ask, Don't tell is repealed and you are working with a service
member in your immediate unit who has said he or she is gay or lesbian, how,
if at all, would it affect your immediate unit's effectiveness at completing
its mission on a day-to-day basis?
The answers are a mixed bag but suggest that there would be support for
repeal of the current policy. Seventeen percent of all service members say
repeal would have a positive effect, while 21 percent say it would have a
negative effect; 33 percent say it would have equally positive and negative
effects, and 29 percent say it would have no effect.
Then the Pentagon team asked service members "who have been deployed at some
point and been in combat environment since September 11, 2001":
If Don't Ask, Don't tell is repealed and you are working with a service
member in your immediate unit who has said he or she is gay or lesbian, how,
if at all, would it affect your immediate unit's effectiveness at completing
its mission in a field environment or out to sea?
The differences are striking. Just 11 percent say repeal would have a
positive effect, while 44 percent say it would have a negative effect.
Twenty six percent of those surveyed say it would have equally positive and
negative effects, and 19 percent say it would have no effect.
Break down the numbers by service branch, and the results are even more
striking. Fifty-nine percent of Marines who have been in combat say repeal
would have a negative effect, and just 11 percent say it would have no
effect. Forty-five percent of Army respondents say it would have a negative
effect. The opposition is less intense in the Navy and Air Force, where 35
percent and 41 percent say repeal would have a negative effect, but those
are still significant minorities.
And these are large groups. According to the study, 70 percent of
respondents are now or have been deployed, and 83 percent of them have been
in a combat zone or an area where they received hostile fire pay. There is
simply no way to argue that they overwhelmingly support repeal of Don't Ask
Don't Tell.
But repeal is what the president and many lawmakers want. And civilian
control of the military is a bedrock principle of the U.S. government. If
the president and Congress order service members to do something, then
that's what they are going to do. But don't pretend they all think it's a
good idea. |
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