Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Don't Ask Don't Tell on Veteran's Day

Thanks Schuyzoo for sending this my way.

Dan Choi's powerful story as told in a Moth performance can be accessed here.

On this veteran's day I have a lot of questions and a lot of hope that we can do things better NOW. The way we're treating our soldiers and our veterans is unacceptable. Policies that invisibilize and silence, like DADT and the denial of the prevalence of rape in the military (for a great DN! segment on the troubles female servicemembers face click here), perpetuate cycles that MUST be broken. Statistics telling about how we have failed our veterans are overwhelming and prevalent in the news - for example, over 2000 veterans died from a lack of health care last year, and new studies are showing that soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq are disproportionately suffering from unemployment. And of course, the violence at Fort Hood recently is disturbing evidence of how broken our military is. I'm not sure what would make it all better, but I know that increased transparency, support and training for soldiers and veterans would be a start. Maybe also downsizing our military? (GASP!) I don't know -- more ideas?

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