The backbone of our military forces is, and has always been, socially conservative Scots-Irish males from the South. How do you think this sort of social experimentation will affect their willingness to stay in the military?
I didn't say that it was "a good idea", just the that it was the underlying message of what was expressed by Cheney and Shaakashvil.
Personally, I think that the whole idea of lowering your standards (whatever those standards might be) just so that you can attract grand masses of recruits to throw at the enemy is questionable to begin with, but that's just me.