[Flavius]

weapons shmapons, now back to more crucial all important things

Military board calls for discharge of gay Tustin officer OCRegister - Martin Wisckol - ‎Jul 1, 2009‎ "There is no question that you don't want a man who has gender identity conflict laying next to another man on a ship," Sheldon said. ...

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/choi-military-don-2480161-gay-national

[Grimmy]

All our super duper weapons are only capability enhancers.

The US military still has the ability to get down and dirty in the old up close and personal.

Where the US may be lacking is in political will to do whatever has to be done, and senior officers with more military spine and less PC appeasement.

[RobbyS]

Yes, unfortunately, this sort of thing is what ranks up there in priority for our “top” civilian leadership and their civilians sycophants (there is more than one Powell in the world)

[Myrddin]

Obama is anxiously killing "programs that don't work". They are actually programs that do work, but put America's enemies at a disadvantage. Those are the ones getting the axe.

[2harddrive]

This particular worry, though it exists, is WAY overblown.