Yes, as the redoubtable Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), from the Show Me State, notes, we are currently fighting not one, but two wars. For some reason, shooting, bombing, missling, killing, dying - these aren't problems. A faggot in the army - that's a problem!
Maybe Rep. Ike (yeah, I know, I'm probably confusing him with the Reverend Ike) thinks it ("Don't Ask, Don't Tell") is a suitable legacy for his tenure in office. I'd consider it an embarassment.
Myself, I wonder why anybody who's told so clearly that he (she) isn't fit to serve his country would still volunteer to do so. I am reminded here of a fellow sailor who served in a nearby office when I was in the Navy. Everybody knew he was Gay (OMiGod!). Nobody cared. He did his job. He bothered nobody. He planned on a career in the service. The Office of Naval Intelligence (aka the Elephant Trackers, on account of they never lost track of an Elephant) found him out! Sent him to the brig. Where a squad of lusty strong (and I'm assuming non-gay) U.S.Marines beat him into a coma. After a few weeks in the hospital, he was court-martialled, found guilty of whatever, and dealt a Dishonorable Discharge. Which, at that time, pretty much meant his life was over. No one would hire him, he got no GI Bill benefits. In essence, he was criminalized. One wonders who benefitted from this Inqisitorial process. The Navy lost a reliable sailor. The sailor lost a bright future. The United States was, however, saved from ... ?.
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