Despite the many policies which have been effected by the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy the main effect of the policy has been its effect on US foreign policy. There have been many effects on US foreign policy including costs which have been taken from the Defense budget to implement this policy. There has also been a detrimental issue in terms of military personnel and skills, while one of the main issues that have been effected is the ability to offer surveilance on one area or another which is a crucial factor in terms of security and overall foreign policy.
Firstly, the issue of costs in relation to foreign policy must be considered. Due to the implementation of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy the costs associated with the US military …show more content…
Given the fact that the United States had ended conscription to National Service, or the draft as it was known in the US, in 1973 it once again relied heavily on men and women to volunteer for duty in the service. Given the fact that in excess of 14,000 people who had signed up voluntarily to give duty had been subsequently discharged from duty, was a major problem for the US military. Given that the numbers of people volunteering themselves for duty in the military was small at the time, this left the military, a good way short of the numbers of military personnel that was required of it to successfully implement the policy that it had wanted to achieve. Aspects like this of the "Don’t Ask Don’t tell" policy were clearly more damaging than positive to US Foreign Policy and the US military and clearly prevented the US from implementing policies that would have advanced itself in the …show more content…
What was significant about this individual was that Choi had qualified with a degree in Arabic and had lived in a number of different places in Iraq during the completion of his study. Having this experience and qualification, it could be argued that Choi had more than enough reason to be able to provide the US Military and administration with the information and surveillance they required to complete their objects with the best possible knowledge available to them. However due to the implementation of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, the National Guard, of which Choi had become a member following his tours of duty in Iraq, recommended he be discharged from the military under the policy. Choi, clearly unhappy by the policy, soon afterwards wrote to President Obama and criticised the continuation of this policy. In his letter to the President Choi state that the policy was "a slap in the face to me. It is a slap in the face to my soldiers, peers and leaders who have demonstrated that an infantry unit can be professional enough to accept diversity, to accept capable leaders, to accept skilled soldiers." It can be argued that by the implementation of this policy the US lacked crucial information that could have had a significant
Firstly, the issue of costs in relation to foreign policy must be considered. Due to the implementation of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy the costs associated with the US military …show more content…
Given the fact that the United States had ended conscription to National Service, or the draft as it was known in the US, in 1973 it once again relied heavily on men and women to volunteer for duty in the service. Given the fact that in excess of 14,000 people who had signed up voluntarily to give duty had been subsequently discharged from duty, was a major problem for the US military. Given that the numbers of people volunteering themselves for duty in the military was small at the time, this left the military, a good way short of the numbers of military personnel that was required of it to successfully implement the policy that it had wanted to achieve. Aspects like this of the "Don’t Ask Don’t tell" policy were clearly more damaging than positive to US Foreign Policy and the US military and clearly prevented the US from implementing policies that would have advanced itself in the …show more content…
What was significant about this individual was that Choi had qualified with a degree in Arabic and had lived in a number of different places in Iraq during the completion of his study. Having this experience and qualification, it could be argued that Choi had more than enough reason to be able to provide the US Military and administration with the information and surveillance they required to complete their objects with the best possible knowledge available to them. However due to the implementation of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, the National Guard, of which Choi had become a member following his tours of duty in Iraq, recommended he be discharged from the military under the policy. Choi, clearly unhappy by the policy, soon afterwards wrote to President Obama and criticised the continuation of this policy. In his letter to the President Choi state that the policy was "a slap in the face to me. It is a slap in the face to my soldiers, peers and leaders who have demonstrated that an infantry unit can be professional enough to accept diversity, to accept capable leaders, to accept skilled soldiers." It can be argued that by the implementation of this policy the US lacked crucial information that could have had a significant