I find it hard to justify keeping openly gay people out of the military. I disagree, "Don't ask, don't tell" works fine for me. I would rather it be, "Don't do it," but Clinton overruled me.
Klintoon was "throwing a bone" to gays with Don't ask, don't tell. It was Klintoons version of Jimmuh Catah letting Fidel Castro empty his prisons and asylums into the US for us to deal with.
Both plans were stupid, ignorant play acting and were not the product of rational thought. Kind of like every Demwit policy before or since.