Outside the Beltway

The repeal of DADT has resulted in some odd claims being made.

Unless you paid close attention, you probably missed most of the coverage of the war in Afghanistan in 2010.

Now that gays will be allowed to serve openly in the military, the command will have some new issues to address.

The repeal of DADT may open the doors for ROTC to return to many elite institutions, if cost doesn’t get in the way.

What’s up with McCain and DADT?

Washington D.C.’s 34 year-old Metro system is about to become the latest stage for Security Theater.

Santa Claus and Osama bin Laden both rely on the power of belief.

One has to love the Telegraph headline “Drone kills white al-Qaeda pair in Pakistan mountains.”

Marine Commandant James Amos is going all-out to keep gay Marines in the closet, saying allowing them to serve openly could get men killed.

A new poll shows that the American public is discontented, nervous about the economy, not entirely sure they can trust the new GOP majority in Congress, and has no idea what it wants from Washington. Sounds like a recipe for disaster.

The archaic practice of calling one’s seniors by titles rather than their first name is actually quite useful.

Is the West’s string of luck about to end?

There’s been much talk recently about treason charges in the Wikileaks case, an most of it has been entirely wrong.

WikiLeaks’ reveals that DynCorp, a government contractor, provided drugs and child sex slaves to Afghan police–and the State Department helped cover it up.

The hunters in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and West Virginia alone would comprise the largest army in the world.

Those of us who think we’re overreacting to terrorism should remember that we’re in a tiny minority.

The Obama administration is banning hundreds of thousands of federal employees from calling up the WikiLeaks site on government computers because the leaked material is still formally regarded as classified.

The editors of the Washington Post want you to know that “Fair Game,” the new movie about the Valerie Plame affair, is “Hollywood myth making.” Propaganda and lies is more like it.

The commander-in-chief, secretary of defense, and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff all support removing the ban on gays in the military without further delay. A long-awaited Pentagon study showed no reason not to do so. But three of four Service chiefs disagree.

Michael Yon provides a digital copy of PFC Bradley Manning’s Charge Sheet, dated 29 May. It makes for interesting reading.

Despite the Defense Department releasing its study showing that the effects of allowing gays to serve openly would be minimal, Senator John McCain isn’t convinced.

The Pentagon could have taken down WikiLeaks but decided not to. Out of kindness, I suppose.

Is there really anyone who can credibly argue at this point that the policy regarding homosexuals openly serving in the armed services is anything other than basic discrimination?

The Pentagon has spoken. Repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell would not cause any real harm to the military, they have said. Now, the ball is in the court of the United States Senate.