on the off chance it's true

[rm]

you heard it here (possibly) first.

http://community.livejournal.com/obama_2008/1810761.html

Anyone want to place their bets?

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[sethg]

IIRC, discharged for homosexuality dropped off during the first Iraq war (i.e., before "don't ask, don't tell" was passed) and ramped right up again afterwards. (If gay troops really were bad for morale and unit cohesion, you'd think the Army would have been more concerned about kicking them out during an actual shooting war...)

So I assume the same thing is going to happen: the written policy will stay the same, but as long as the military needs its troops, nobody is going to be very motivated to enforce it.

Of course, if Obama is elected, the policy is likely to be officially repealed, and if McCain is elected, the military is going to need all the troops it can muster for the next eight (twelve? hundred?) years.