GAYS INFORMALLY WELCOMED IN THE MILITARY

After 9/11 and with the continuous drop in military recruitment, gays are informally welcomed into the military. Straights know generally who the gays are, but don't much give a damn at this stage of the war. Every human that can carry a rifle and provide the back for others is welcomed.

Clarence Page of WASHINGTON POST and ZOGBY SOUNDBITES

(2007) 4/6 indicate that the American GI is now thinking about life and death issues rather than

sexual preference. Can they do the job? Can they protect other soldiers? Those are the main issues.

Further, for the latest SURGE to work, it needs humans of all kinds to get the job done. President Clinton paid dearly for this a long time ago. It took the Iraq war to make it happen. When the services need people they have them in gay soldiers and earlier soldiers who were kicked out want back in. This does not mean that every soldier is automatically accepted. About 700 or so,

were out migrated in 2005 the last completed census based on sexual preference.