said they wouldn t want to bunk with someone who was openly gay. i would not ask our marines to live with someoneosexual homosexual, if we could possibly avoid it, and to me that means we have to build beq s with separate rooms. retired army colonel jack jacobs is an msnbc military analyst. edward, let me begin with you. back before the armed forces were integrated, i m sure the argument sounded very much the same. well, if you integrate the armed forces, we don t want to make officers of color bunk with officers enlisted men, what gives here? it s hypocrisy and democracy at its best and its worst. this country can police democratic values abroad but can t guarantee democratic values for its own citizens and its own patriots? that s problematic. the fact we re in league with countries like cuba and pakistan