Posted by
The Hermit Crab on Sunday, December 19, 2010 3:13:36 PM
Actually, a moment's thought was enough on this one. The first (almost typed "
fist" there - which would have been a Freudian typo) is that the homosexuals (I don't use the word "gays" in this context) are a key faction in the liberal coalition. Second, the liberals just love the fact that repealing the innaccurately-named policy could cause disruption of morale and even a mass exodus of battlefield personnel from all of the armed forces.
The third reason occurred to me a few days ago. If you haven't noticed, our nation's main adversary these days are Islamic extremists, and their Sharia law is (too put it kindly) rather harsh on homosexuality. Now the American military (to them, the Great Satan's legions) will be allowing openly homosexual persons into their ranks. This is likely to further enrage the alread enraged, and perhaps it will also enrage the up-to-this-point-not-enraged into attacking our service personnel. Presumably the straight and the less-so will be dressed the same, so our "excitable lads of jihad" will just attack all of them alike.
It's the leftist's dream -- weaken and subvert the American military and get their braver-than-leftists enemies to kill more of them!
Billy Ayers must be happy today.