Center for Military Readiness...

Sounds like your everyday run of the mill flag waving patriotic bullshit doesn't it? Well, it's not. It's an organization I found (no suprise it was linked to from Tucker Carlson's website) which purportedly looks out for the "well being of the military". It's website reads:

This website presents background information and commentary on additional issues of concern to CMR, the principles that guide us, and the contributions we plan to make in this unique field of public policy.

What do they fight for? Maybe more body armor...maybe better equipment or pay? Nope, their entire platform is to keep women out of combat and roll back the jobs they already have and strengthen the laws against gays in the military. Their reccomendations for "Military Readiness" include taking more control of the military and military decisions out of the hands of members of the military and putting them into the hands of Congress. Because everyone knows, the best way to have a strong military is to have the rules that govern who should serve and how are made by people not in the military.

Obviously I'm not a person who believes there should be a huge gap between the civilian and military authorities, in fact, that pretty much goes against everything I believe, but hell...if military commanders are saying a person can do job A, who is the congress to say otherwise?