Pentagon Study Finds There is Minimal Risk to Repealing DADT

Even as the Liar-in-Chief's DOJ has just filing another brief with the U. S. Supreme Court seeking to stay the injunction banning discharges under DADT (filled, of course, with the usual disingenuous blather about a repeal of DADT negatively impacting military readiness, etc.), a source has leaked results of the Pentagon's own study that shows the DOJ's claims to be LIES. Truly, there is no polite way to otherwise describe the DOJ's claims. But then what else can the LGBT community expect from the Liar-in-Chief at this point? His actions over the last two years have proven that virtually ALL of his campaign promises and statements of support to LGBT Americans were lies. It will be interesting to see how Axlerod tries to spin this one. Frankly, unless one is delusional or otherwise has impaired mental faculties, things are to the point where no LGBT citizen in his or her right mind should believe a single word coming from this White House pertaining to LGBT rights. It's all bullshit and has been all along - we simply hadn't wanted to accept the sad reality. If Obama's lips are moving on any gay issue, then we know he's lying to us. Here are highlights from the Washington Post:
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A Pentagon study group has concluded that the military can lift the ban on gays serving openly in uniform with only minimal and isolated incidents of risk to the current war efforts, according to two people familiar with a draft of the report, which is due to President Obama on Dec. 1.
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More than 70 percent of respondents to a survey sent to active-duty and reserve troops over the summer said the effect of repealing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy would be positive, mixed or nonexistent, said two sources familiar with the document. The survey results led the report's authors to conclude that objections to openly gay colleagues would drop once troops were able to live and serve alongside them.
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One source, who has read the report in full, . . . said he felt compelled to share the information out of concern that groups opposed to ending the ban would mischaracterize the findings.
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The document totals about 370 pages and is divided into two sections. The first section explores whether repealing "don't ask, don't tell" would harm unit readiness or morale. It cites the findings of a survey sent over the summer to 400,000 active-duty and reserve troops, a separate questionnaire sent to about 150,000 military spouses, the responses submitted to an anonymous online drop box seeking comments, and responses from focus-group participants.
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The second part of the report presents a plan for ending enforcement of the ban. It is not meant to serve as the military's official instruction manual on the issue but could be used if military leaders agreed, one of the sources said.
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Despite the predictions or fears of groups for and against repealing the ban, the report does not anticipate a large "coming out" by gay men and lesbians serving in uniform, said the person who had read the full draft.
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Among several recommendations, the report urges an end to the military ban on sodomy between consenting adults regardless of what Congress or the federal courts might do about "don't ask, don't tell," the source said. The report also concludes that gay troops should not be put into a special class for equal-opportunity or discrimination purposes, the individual said.