Wow! It seems that much of good news that I've heard in recent months has been good news on the queer front. We must have made a great leap forward in homosexualizing America. :-)
The way the US government is increasing oversea deployments of US troops, pretty soon the USG will have to scrap the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" compromise policy and join West European nations and Israel in allowing homosexual soldiers to come out of the closet without fear of getting discharged.
Cf. "In the thirteen years since 1989, Army operational deployments have tripled in number compared to those conducted during the previous 50 years of the Cold War. In a general sense, those deployments have become longer, are more open-ended, and require more Soldiers, while simultaneously the size of the active duty Army has shrunk by almost 37%" ("Statement of Lieutenant General David D. McKiernan, Deputy Chief of Staff, G3, United States Army, before the House Armed Services Committee Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism," July 11, 2002, <http://www.house.gov/hasc/openingstatementsandpressreleases/107thcongress/07-11-02mckiernan.html>). -- Yoshie
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