You know how the excuse for not repealing "Don't Ask Don't Tell" is always something like: "we've got a lot on our plate, maybe when things settle down a bit"? Well I was just thinking that, as a matter of tactics, this probably has it completely backwards.
I would think the best time to roll out a change like this would be while the military is stretched thin and engaged in multiple theaters of combat, because in these circumstances the pragmatic case for equality--we need everyone we can get for the task at hand--would be at its most salient. When things are quiet, on the other hand, is when the armed forces has the luxury of kicking out perfectly good men and women.
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