DOD's big DADT news today is that they lied to us 9 months ago when they said they were already studying implementation of the repeal

(Quick note: Joe and I will be hosting a live chat on AMERICAblog Gay at noon to watch the DADT hearings on C-Span 3.)

And the media is falling for it hook, line and sinker. More sadly, the White House reportedly fell for it too.

Last May, the Pentagon said they were studying how to implement the repeal of DADT. Today, their "big news" on DADT is that they're going to commission a study of how to implement the repeal. It took them nine months to come up with the idea of yet another study. That's the hard work the White House and the Pentagon have been promising us has been going on for almost a year now. These guys got together, for almost a year, and could only agree to do another study. Nine months, for that.

But hey, this time when they tell us they're working on figuring out how to implement the repeal of DADT, we should trust them. It won't be like last time, when they all apparently lied.

And oh yeah, the study is going to include an examination of whether repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell will force the Pentagon to recognize gay marriage. Seriously. Maybe they should also study whether tanks will need to be painted pink, and whether soldiers will be permitted to wear tutus during hand to hand combat. And then we can have a long drawn out discussion about the risk to the children. I'm not sure what that risk would be, but since the Pentagon, with the White House's approval, is in all out red-herring mode, where would a homophobic discussion about oppressing gay and lesbian Americans be without a full-blown analysis of the risk to children.