DADT

Don't ask don't tell.  One of the more ridiculous legal endeavors in history, an official codification of our modern schizophrenic attitude about the presence of LGBT people in our midst, a congressional statute that says, in effect, don't be who you are, and we'll pretend to look the other way.  It's kind of like that game we played as kids, where someone counted to six, or twelve, or twenty-four while everyone else hid behind a tree.  Or, better yet, like the old, archaic Soviet system wherein people said they pretended to work and the government pretended to pay them.
The bottom line is, that DADT is itself an archaic, embarrassing failure as a policy in our military, and everyone from the top brass, to congressional leaders know it. The dilemma we find ourselves in now is, that as these cases are dismissed, and LGBT people are freed to serve their country openly, those who were summarily dismissed in years past may well have a legitimate case for reinstatement in the military, or compensation.  And rightly so, I might add.  Future reparations scenarios ought to be a fundamental part of any such arbitrary and misguided legal venture.  Let's be see just how courageous our military leadership is; let's see them call for the cancellation of this flawed, ridiculous policy.  Let's see them display some real leadership.