The absurd (in my opinion) policy of "Don't ask, Don't tell" in the US military - introduced by the Clinton administration back in 1993 - looks like it could be reversed. Both the "Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Admiral Mike Mullen have both indicated support for Obama’s call to lift the ban."

The ban did not prevent any gays being in the military, just that they could not be open about their sexuality. And somehow that made it all OK to be gay and to serve.

The Sydney Star Observer reports that General Colin Powell supports lifting the ban.

"In the almost 17 years since the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ legislation was passed, attitudes and circumstances have changed...I fully support the new approach presented to the Senate Armed Services Committee this week."

And who was the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who approved the policy back in 1983? That's right - Colin Powell.

When you have people like Powell, Gates and Mullen supporting the reversal of the policy, it shows how absurd the policy has become.