He gets points for not being hypocritical, then. (Unless he's only concerned about black military personnel.)
Hopefully not. Sure didn't come across that way to me. Kudos to the man for this column.
He might be - he is definitely a lefty, and it often clouds his judgment...but, to draw on a quote from the Mary Tyler Moore Show, "When a donkey flies, you don't blame him for not staying up that long."