A Dec. 15 WorldNetDaily article by Bob Unruh begins this way:
During World War II it was Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, El Alamein and Okinawa. Then came Korea’s Pusan, Inchon and Chosin. In Vietnam it was the Tet Offensive and Battle of Saigon. Thousands of battles followed in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Now members of Congress have the choice of following the expert military advice offered by the U.S. veterans who gave their life’s blood, sweat and tears on those far-flung battlefields – or Lady Gaga.The issue is attempts to repeal the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” operating policy for the U.S. military that allows homosexuals to serve if they do not choose to make their sexual lifestyle choices a public issue. Activists want the military to allow members to serve while openly living homosexual lifestyles.
Indeed, Unruh — true to his biased legacy — presents only “the expert advice of Lady Gaga, a pop star” as support for repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
Unruh, of course, is lying to you. In fact, the “expert military advice” in favor of DADT repeal includes more than 100 retired generals and admirals, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Mike Mullen, and former Vice President Dick Cheney. But Unruh apparently believes that they would lend too much credibility to the pro-repeal argument, so he chose to invoke Lady Gaga instead.
Unruh also uncritically repeats a comment by anti-repeal activist Elaine Donnelly that the repeal effort is “in blatant disregard of the message that voters sent in November.” In fact, poll after poll shows Americans overwhelmingly favor repeal.