Nathaniel Frank of the NY Times has pointed and cogent op-ed on how DADT is in-part responsible for the recall of former service-members from civilian life.
Ready, Willing, Disqualified
In wartime, DADT is impacting our warfighting capability. Ending DADT should be treated as a National Security issue, not a moral issue.
UPDATE:
Ending or suspending DADT would also allow military recruitment and ROTC access to many Ivy League and other top-tier schools. The calumny that the "elites" don't participate in military service is partially due to their colleges liberal-bias against the US Military, not their individual patriotism.
Ivy League ROTC
UPDATE:
The LA Times Editorial Page basically agrees.
"When a group of soldiers, furious that their duty tours had been extended, sued to get out of the military on the same day last week that a dozen former soldiers who had been bounced just because they were gay sued to get back in, it didn’t take a four-star general to see the irony – and the waste. ...."
".... Researchers from the University of California-Santa Barbara's Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military have found that many gays and lesbians, including Army Ranger Brian Hughes, who helped rescue POW Jessica Lynch, served openly in Iraq and Afghanistan without problems from their comrades. The study involves a small sample, but its results echo others. ...."
Let Gay Soldiers Return to Erase Stop-loss Policy - Los Angeles Times editorial
The Supreme Court did overturn the heterosexual sodomy against two members of the service just this month, in-part to Lawrence v. Texas. Perhaps the tide is starting to turn?
