Reply #1: Choi and Pietrangelo have vowed a hunger strike

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That tells us right there the quality of this compromise and just how badly they're mucking it up.

Have you read this? A pretty cynical take by a lesbian former army captain.

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/16264/tanya-domi-conduct-unbecoming-the-politicos-sell-out-the-soldiers

Here's what is about to drive me crazy. People think this repeal. It is not. Congress may pass this compromise, and people will think "Well! All done! Hooray for us." But our community knows better. There are many ill-defined triggers in the compromise that could easily drag on and on and on before they're met in the eyes of the Pentagon and the administration. (Met = whenever it costs us nothing politically).

I don't trust the administration when it comes to implementation. The severely back-handed support they gave this compromise is just another middle finger at us. "Well, fine, if we have to placate you, but we hate this compromise and wish Congress would leave the issue alone." Gee, thanks for that stunning endorsement, President Fierce.

This will go exactly how all the rest of it has gone. The people inclined to believe the President has equality issues close to his heart will declare Congressional action The Victory. Meanwhile, the LGBT community will have to go even further balls-to-the wall and practically riot to pressure the President into implementation. Be prepared for dozens of "Those ungrateful gays . . ." memes.

As Choi and so many others have said. There is no end to the discharges. There is no nondiscrimination language in this. There is no definitive deadline, but instead a plethora of vague standards and goals within the study that will have to be met through a very subjective process that will be defined by political necessity.

It's amazing to watch these politicians bend over the community over again and again, and then have the PR valkyries come flapping in to let us know how much we should be enjoying it.

Yeah, I'm getting really tired of this administration's bullshit with gay people. Real fuckin' tired.