The following is a "straight talk" opinion piece written by Gen. Martin Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Myself and the rest of the Joint Chiefs are working tirelessly to ensure Congress doesn’t take away a Commander’s right to overturn the sentence of a service member convicted of sexual assault under the UCMJ. Look, we’re going to act really busy just to stall for some time. Eventually, Congress will quit caring and move on to the next thing, like doping in baseball or funding NPR.

We are totally okay with rapists being reinstated in our ranks so long as a General Officer says so. And if you don’t like that, get out.