Former Vice-President Dick Cheney told This Week’s Jonathan Karl that he supports President Obama’s decision to reconsider the military’s policy of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.” Many across the political spectrum will be all over this story as the issue strikes a cord that crosses ideological boundaries. I for one have repeatedly stated that this should be a military issue rather than a political one, but it appears that such a path is anything but a foregone conclusion. I think the policy was nothing short of 
idiotic when first implemented under the Clinton administration as it supposes that armed service men and women are among the most clueless class of Americans if they can’t figure out for themselves who is straight and who is gay. I’m not sure that either matters in a foxhole.
My position is simple. Treat the military like any other workplace in the sense that sexual advances and fraternization are expressly prohibited under standard operating practices. I know that many will argue that the military is anything but an ordinary work environment, and while I certainly respect that argument, in the context of sexual preference, I simply fail to see where being gay, lesbian, heterosexual or otherwise makes a difference. If impropriety is really the only issue here lets take this state-sanctioned discrimination to a whole other level. Lets ban all extremely attractive women or simply those with really great breasts from being able to take up arms in defense of our country. I have no doubt that they serve as a far greater distraction than the small percentage of gay men or lesbian women willing to die for this country ever will.
[...] be frank. I have made no bones about it. I think Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is among the dumbest ideas to have emerged from [...]