More Gay Arabic Linguists Discharged
More Gay Arabic Linguists Discharged
WindyCityActor
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/13/03
#1More Gay Arabic Linguists Discharged
Posted: 5/24/07 at 11:22am
The USA is such a backwater country.
Sorry, but it's true.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/23/america/NA-GEN-US-Military-Gays.php
U.S. military continues to discharge gay Arab linguists, and Congress members seek hearing...
Lawmakers who say the military has kicked out 58 Arabic linguists because they were gay want the Pentagon to explain how it can afford to let the valuable language specialists go.
Seizing on the latest discharges, involving three specialists, members of the House of Representatives wrote the House Armed Services Committee chairman that the continued loss of such "capable, highly skilled Arabic linguists continues to compromise our national security during time of war."
Updated On: 5/24/07 at 11:22 AM
#2re: More Gay Arabic Linguists Discharged
Posted: 5/24/07 at 11:29amGosh, I just love these great states a'MurriKKKa, don't you?
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robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#2re: More Gay Arabic Linguists Discharged
Posted: 5/24/07 at 11:51am
What kills me is the idea that the armed forces have no problems relaxing their rules regarding gang members and criminals entering the ranks, but take a hard (tee hee) line when it comes to gay soldiers. Since the Supreme Court effectively struck down sodomy laws in this country, decriminalizing same-sex sex, what exactly is the point of Don't Ask, Don't Tell?
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Perfectly Marvelous
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/16/06
#3re: More Gay Arabic Linguists Discharged
Posted: 5/24/07 at 11:58am
There is no point.
Other than the U.S. military has gone to sh!t.
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#4re: More Gay Arabic Linguists Discharged
Posted: 5/24/07 at 1:09pm
This too soon shall pass--when the next administration comes in, a Democratic administration.
But just think how much those Arabic translators and experts who happened to be gay could have helped the War on Terror...
mejusthavingfun
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/12/06
#5re: More Gay Arabic Linguists Discharged
Posted: 5/24/07 at 4:27pm
"This too soon shall pass--when the next administration comes in, a Democratic administration. "
You are awfully optimistic PJ. They can't seem to do anything very liberal these days.
We sure know how to spread freedom don't we? Where is Pelosi, Clinton, Obama, and Edwards?
#6re: More Gay Arabic Linguists Discharged
Posted: 5/24/07 at 4:32pm
I thought this would be a bunch of foreign tongue jokes...
Why does this surprise anyone? Just more of the same....funny, when people were being rescued and pulled out of the rubble of 9/11, do you think they stopped the firemen and police to ask if they were gay before they accepted their help?
mejusthavingfun
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/12/06
#7re: More Gay Arabic Linguists Discharged
Posted: 5/24/07 at 5:23pm
Ok I'll bite...
I LOVE the taste of gay Arabic linguist discharge.
#8re: More Gay Arabic Linguists Discharged
Posted: 5/24/07 at 5:29pmWell, now, just because he speaks Arabic doesn't mean he's Middle Eastern--one of the few flavors I've never sampled...
Nipper
Featured Actor Joined: 12/14/03
#9re: More Gay Arabic Linguists Discharged
Posted: 5/24/07 at 7:58pmPeople worry about who's gay and who's not while the terrorists throw darts at a map to see which cities get nuked. Hope the powers-that-be will be around after the ashes blow away to see what they've done.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#11re: More Gay Arabic Linguists Discharged
Posted: 5/24/07 at 8:55pmStupid, Stupid, Stupid
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Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#12re: More Gay Arabic Linguists Discharged
Posted: 5/24/07 at 9:03pmSince when are cunning lingiuists "stupid"?
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#13re: More Gay Arabic Linguists Discharged
Posted: 5/24/07 at 9:07pm
If they were male cunning linguists they wouldn't have been discharged.
Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!
Nipper
Featured Actor Joined: 12/14/03
#14re: More Gay Arabic Linguists Discharged
Posted: 5/24/07 at 9:53pmArabic languages are HORRIBLY difficult to learn. They should be paying these people in gold, not getting rid of them. It'll come back to bite them on the rear one day, no doubt. America is going down on a greased hill and our own government is going out of their way to hasten the end.
mejusthavingfun
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/12/06
#15re: More Gay Arabic Linguists Discharged
Posted: 5/24/07 at 10:04pmThe very fact that discrimination is freely practiced in nation supposedly so adamant in providing "freedom" is absurd. Our soldiers fight along side plenty of openly gay allies.
#16re: More Gay Arabic Linguists Discharged
Posted: 5/24/07 at 10:15pmThe Sad States of America. Can't wait till Nov. 08'. Hopefully the religous right will realize they are wrong.
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#17re: More Gay Arabic Linguists Discharged
Posted: 5/24/07 at 10:19pmJust another example of what bull**** this War On Terror is. Ignore the words and look at the actions--a list a mile long of things that indicate they are NOT seriously trying to stop terrorism.
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