Pre- State of the Union Address

Two days before Barack Obama's State of the Union address is upon us and with that questions arise as to what President Obama is going to talk about. Health care, the economy and jobs all come to mind. However, one aspect that seems to be off of everyones mind is President Obama's promise to repeal the Dont Ask Dont Tell policy. In light of this well express some of the concerns that DADT brings to the Obama administration.

Ill assume that most of us reading this post will understand what DADT brings to the board in terms of military problems. I remember back to my junior year in the OHSSL Semi-Final round of extemp, that I drew a question concerning military recruiting for the United States military. To this day, recruiting is proving to be a pivotal aspect in terms of the United State's success in Iraq and Afghanistan. We all remember when then General Eric Shinseki suggested to the Bush Administration that 200,000 troops would be the required amount to sustain a successful ground operation in Iraq. However, Bush and all of his goombas decided to opt for 60,000 and the rest as they like to say is history. In turn, weve hired over 150,000 private contractors or mercenaries if you will, that have caused absolute hell for the United States. With companies like Blackwater USA running rampant across the Middle-East giving the United States a bad name, something has to be done. This is where the repealing of DADT will play a huge factor for recruiting numbers as well as improving Americas image across the globe.

During the 2008 campaign, Obama and his team used the rhetoric of repealing the DADT law as means to gain massive support from the gay and lesbian community, however, a year into the presidency, nothing has been done. With the State of the Union address coming up, it would be wise of President Obama to include rhetoric in his speech to give members of the GLBTQ community hope. Not only will this clear up his promise from 2008, but it will also provide crucial numbers the military needs to sustain situations across the international community. Since 1990, over five thousand instances have been recorded of the military having problems with homosexuals. Needless to say, many of those men and women discharged could have provided crucial hope and help for the military. In some instances the US lacks in Arabic translators and in turn only prolong their grief when turing away gays and lesbians who can speak and translate the language fluently. Obama, with help of the Democrats and the American public need to repeal this law and in turn get rid of all the grief recruiting has brought to the US Military.

As to the creative sign off, still yet to happen.