So first Obama simply said "Yes" when ask if he would repeal the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy surrounding gays in the military. Now he is going back on his emphatic statement and instead saying there needs to be yet another study to assess if there are any detrimental aspects to having openly gay people serving our country. There have been many, many, many studies done over the years (including one just last year) that have shown no evidence that openly gay service would harm the military, and a great deal of evidence showing it would not. In fact many have argued that it would be monetarily beneficial to end this policy, as you would stop spending money kicking people out and trying to replace them. Additionally there have been plenty of highly skilled people in the military who have been kicked out because they came out, putting our military at a skills deficit in those places until someone could replace them. I mean seriously, the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy does not have a leg to stand on, and yet, Obama is now postponing any action on it until further "study". WTF?
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the don't ask, don't tell policy is such a ridiculous idea as our culture becomes more tell tell tell tell! (besides all the other stupid things about it)
Oh good lord, the old "we have to do a comprehensive assessment first" line. I remember that far too well from the bureaucratic meetings I went to in my last job. That's jargon for "let's placate you, waste money, and avoid controversy by buying time and making it look like we're doing something when we're not." Argh!
I don't know whether this shift to the center is coming from him or advisers or other powerful sources. But as much as I love Obama and his direct style, the shift is getting on my nerves!
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