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Part of why the last president to make a case about this ended up wishy-washy is because you can't fucking win. DADT was a complete cave-in to hardliners on both sides of the issue. It was probably the best compromise Clinton could have reached, but it was most definitely a compromise. Because you can't win with gay rights. Observe the flack Obama is getting for actively putting off the issue. Can you imagine what the Right would say if he stepped up and did the right thing?
You know he wants to. He's said as much. But politically, you act, you've got a fight on your hands, you don't act, you can postpone that fight to another day, meanwhile you can focus on things that are issues affecting many more Americans than the question of gays in the military.
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