Why Do Homophobes Hate The IDF?

In the credit-where-credit-is-due department, Ed Morrissey points out that discrimination against gays in the military, always bad, is particularly indefensible during times of recruiting shortfalls. This point, in particular, isn’t made often enough:

In fact, gays serve openly in the military now; they do it in Britain. American and British troops have served together in Afghanistan and Iraq without this causing damage to morale and cohesion. They also serve openly in the IDF, one of the finest fighting forces in the world, although their leadership could use a refresher course after Lebanon. Both armies work jointly with American forces, and 22 other nations also allow gays and lesbians to serve without hiding themselves.

I’m always amused by the number of people who 1)decry women and gays serving in the military and 2)worship the IDF. The Israeli military, of course, demonstrates the foolishness of these reactionary prejudices (and, of course, similar arguments were used to defend the racial segregation of the military as well.)