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I don’t like it one bit.

The government sees it as a strategic need to have a strong ally in the region. That view will not change, at least not anytime soon. The Pentagon considers it a national security issue, which puts it beyond politics. Unfortunately, I have to live with that.

But users pushed back, noting among other things that the existence of queer people is not a political issue at all — their erasure, however, is.

Best line in the article.