Army offering six-figure bonuses for Arabic speakers, after kicking out dozens under DADT.»

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/05/army-offering-six-figure-bonuses-for-arabic-speakers-after-kicking-out-dozens-under-dadt/


Army offering six-figure bonuses for Arabic speakers, after kicking out dozens under DADT.»

The Christian Science Monitor reports today that the Army may begin paying retention bonuses worth as much as $150,000 to Arabic-speaking soldiers, “in reflection of how critical it has become for the US military to retain native language and cultural know-how in its ranks.” Yet as Steve Ralls points out, the Army is “taking almost every step imaginable” to keep Arabic speakers except rescinding the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy, which resulted in the expulsion of dozens of Arabic speakers and translators. A GAO report found that between 1998 and 2003, more than 60 linguists specializing in Arabic or Farsi were expelled from the military for being gay.

These are people who can't go home because the persecution is deadlier there than it is here. They have a permanent vested interest in change.

72 million Dems. 55 million Reps. 42 million inds. We need 13 million independent votes and not one Republican. They need 30 million independents. The parties are not equal. If we count the votes, WE WIN.

Think about using quotes.

on edit: thought about it. no objection to this being swiped whatsoever.

... but you boot them out because they're gay, and the rationale is the one that is so stupid: You might be vulnerable to blackmail if you're gay, because the bad guys will know that you can get kicked out for being gay, therefore you will be subject to manipulation. Huh?

So, once the person is exposed as being gay, how can they be blackmailed?

This administration never wanted to know what was being said, because their plans were based upon what they want to do, and has nothing to do with intelligence.

Why is it that there are so many gays that made it through the Army language school and learned Arabic and Farsi? Is there something in the gay makeup that makes them better at learning a foreign language?