Do people really think that if the ban on gay Myrmidons is lifted, all of a sudden there will be this massive Guam-to-Guantanamo dance party and Osama will swoop in on a carpet and bomb everyone?  Is it that ten thousand faggots will suddenly want to fight for Amurrica, or that tough guys universally assumed to be straight will come out?  What is the actual thing John McCain’s afraid of?  He must be really afraid of something, because he’s not afraid of lying, looking like a doddering dickhead or being made a fool of by his wife and daughter.

The irony is that almost nothing will happen.  If you’re gay and in the Army and waiting breathlessly until the moment when you don’t have to be paranoid anymore, you’re probably just going to be breathing a little easier and that’s more or less the extent of things.  Same unit cohesion as before, same semi-clandestine off-base shenanigans.  It’s going to be more like life in an office the day after the company offers same-sex partner benefits.  HR will be busier than usual, but that’s it.

(Spoken as a civilian who thinks war is tacky and gross).