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<p>A reader writes:</p>
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<p>Can you help me with this? The most hawkish, Christianist Republicans support Israel militarily. And they&#39;re the same people who are against DADT being repealed. Meanwhile, gays can serve openly in the Israeli military. So we&#39;re sending however many gazillion dollars to a country whose military (a) seems to be generally considered one of the better functioning in the known universe and (b) has gays/lesbians serving side-by-side with heterosexuals. Do I have that right?</p>
<p>I imagine you&#39;ve covered this before, but I wanted to make sure. I&#39;d love to hear one of the pro-DADT &quot;pro-Israel&quot; militarists explain themselves on this.</p>
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<p>They don&#39;t because they can&#39;t.</p>
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