Policy Pause
According to the Washington Post, "The Defense Department starts the clock next week on what is expected to be a several-year process in lifting its ban on gays from serving openly in the military."
Obama says he wants to get rid of the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy. He's still got a big majority in Congress. Why is he wasting time? Okay, if you want a quick study to hide behind, take a month or two, but a "several-year process"? There's a good chance it'll be harder, not easier, to overturn the policy next year. Does Obama want to change things, or does he just want to promise his base he will while not offending anyone else by actually doing it?
posted by LAGuy @ 12:20 AM
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Clinton proposed unilaterally lifting the ban, galvanized ani-gay feeling and we got the more reasonable-sounding but actually more restrictive "don't ask don't tell" policy and 13000 soldiers removed from service during a time of need. (although the bad economy has recently fixed some of that need)
By having boring military guys take the procedural guts out of some of the current policy in the name of not forcing serving soldiers to lie, its harder for extremists to push their radical anti-gay witch-hunt agenda.
Once again, the president would be well-advised to not take your invitation to walk off a plank (he's finding enough of those on his own)
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