(CNN) -- According to a leading senator, it presented "an intolerable risk" to national security. According to a consortium of retired generals, it would "break" the U.S. military. And according to a leading advocacy group, over "528,000" servicemen and women would be lost. Something this terrible must be averted. We must take action now! Except it is too late. The scary danger that these generals, John McCain, and the Family Research Council were warning about wasn't a future terrorist attack or war with China, it was allowing gay and lesbian service men and women to openly serve in the U.S. military. That "grave risk" is now celebrating its one year anniversary, and none of the dire predictions proved correct.
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Peter Singer, Aaron Belkin: The big "scare" over DADT repeal a year ago was unfounded
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Writers: New report says readiness, cohesion, morale, recruitment unaffected by repeal
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They say last year's uproar by some were hype, hysteria in place of facts and substance
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Writers: Election could affect change. RNC platform calls for "review;" Romney waffles
That @placeholder's end has been a relative non-story is the best evidence of how the transition to allowing open service has been an unmitigated success by all measures.