While many have claimed that the US military has been wholly unaffected by the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Senator and Presidential candidate Ted Cruz seems to have a different opinion:

Morale in the U.S. military has “plummeted” in recent years because President Barack Obama “doesn’t support our soldiers,” won’t even name the enemy “radical Islamic terrorism,” and is “more interested in promoting homosexuality in the military” than in “defeating our enemy,” said Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)…

“So, for example,” he added, “the military is now focused on trying to promote transgender soldiers. The role of the military is not to be some left-wing social experiment.”

The belief that certain changes to the military culture, including the open acceptance of homosexuality, have had absolutely zero effect on the military is not universal.

While opponents of DADT repeal were scoffed as Chicken Littles, the effect of such cultural changes takes time, and those chickens may yet come home to roost.

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