Is Osama Less of a Threat to U.S. Than Gays?

This was the caption of an opinion piece in today's edition of the Hartford Courant. I thought it was very relevant because it shows how costly the current military policy of "don't ask, don't tell" actually is counter productive to all of us. At a time when the military themselves have claimed that there is a shortage of linguists who can speak Arabic, it seems to be more important to get rid of gay members of the military than it is to fight the "war on terrorism" that President Bush keeps ramming down our throats. The only fault these military personnel have is called integrity. They were called by conscience to be honest about who they are. We still need these people! If it is more important to expel these people because they are gay than to fight the "war on terrorism", how can I (or any of us) take the war on terrorism seriously? Good question, huh?