Military discharged 26 gay linguists

This pisses me off! If there was ever one thing I would kick Clinton's ass for, it would be the "don't ask, don't tell" policy the military adopted under his command. The article, which I must apologize is from FoxNews.com, goes on to say the military has been and is still short Arabic speakers. Of these 26 discharged, some spoke Arabic and Farsi, two of the most in demand languages in the military. The independent 9/11 commission reported the lack of Arabic linguists in the military as one contributing cause to the breakdown before 9/11 as there were intercepted messages from terrorists awaiting translation. Now, it is clear, the US government has put this discriminatory policy ahead of national security. Not only is that scary, it's absolutely asinine.

Also disturbing are comments from the Center for Military Readiness. They oppose gays in the military and said "the discharged linguists never should have been accepted at the elite Defense Language Institute in Monterey in the first place. Resources unfortunately were used to train young people who were not eligible to be in the military." Fuck them. Not eligible? The sad thing is Shrub Jr. isn't likely to abolish the policy. He's probably angered that the policy even exists because is allows gays to legally be in the military, so long as they hide their true selves. Of course, The Constitution says all of it is illegal, but hell, what's The Constitution anyway?

But hey, Georgy took the moral high ground and bought the election. Apparently "morals" are far more important then national security. My ass.