Where are our priorities?

AP has reported that 20 Arabic and 6 Farsi translators have been discharged from the Army under the don't ask, don't tell policy. This at a time when we have a shortage of Arabic translators:

Experts have identified the shortage of Arabic linguists as contributing to the government's failure to thwart the Sept. 11 attacks. The independent Sept. 11 commission made similar conclusions.

"The military is placing homophobia well ahead of national security," said Steve Ralls, spokesman for the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network.