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Who said we're in bad shape for "canning gay translators who specialized in Arabic and Korean," I contend we are better off for it. We will not be offending potentially valuable allies with such people who violate these allies' moral and legal codes.

Who told you it is not practical not to "can all of the gays" in military service? I submit that it is impractical not to do so. We have been doing it for at least half a century.

It appears that you have made up your mind and do not wish to be "confused with the facts," i.e., the fact that homosexual behavior is illegal in the military, the fact that breaking your oath is dishonorable, etc.

We're short on translators of those crucial languages. Also, some Arab translators haven't been working out so well for us recently (news item of a few days ago). And the gay translators aren't going to offend anyone they're working with (translating for)--it won't come up.

Who told you it is not practical not to "can all of the gays" in military service? I submit that it is impractical not to do so. We have been doing it for at least half a century.
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You only think you have been doing so. Witness the officers in the news story we're commenting upon. I'm telling you if all the gays got the nerve to up and walk out, we'd lose a lot of good people.

It appears that you have made up your mind and do not wish to be "confused with the facts.

I could say the same thing about you. And it isn't that I don't want to be confused by "the facts." I don't want to be swayed by others' arbitrary opinions.
I do understand that you're saying these men broke military law. I do not condone that. But the law is wrong, and cases like this bring it out.