Should Obama repeal DADT as fast as Truman desegregated the military?

[Radical Activist]

Poll question: Should Obama repeal DADT as fast as Truman desegregated the military?

There are several similarities to Obama's approach toward repealing "don't ask don't tell" and the steps Truman took to desegregate the military. I believe a review of Truman's process provides historical perspective.

In September 1945, Truman ordered a study of the Army's treatment of African-Americans, which took 4 months. It did not recommend desegregation.
Three years and 3 months after taking office, Truman issued an executive order to end military segregation in July of 1948.
Truman then waited two months to establish a committee to oversee the process of desegregation.
The committee doesn't hold its first meeting until January 1949, six months after the executive order creating it was given. Truman says he wants desegregation "done in a way so that everyone will be happy to cooperate to get it done."
Another year later, January 1950, the committee approves the Army integration plan.
The committee is abolished by Truman in July 1950, two years after its creation was announced.
The Army announces that 95% of African-American soldiers are serving in integrated units in October 1953, eight years after Truman first raised the issue.

http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/desegregation/large/index.php?action=chronology