Can anyone explain this one to me?
The military is so short on Arabic translators for use in the Middle East, they're offering bonuses of up to $150,000 to any Arabic translator if they stay or sign up.
And yet, they've discharged 300 gay Arabic translators due to the moronic "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
By my calculation, that's 45,000,000 dollars in just bonuses that's we'll have to spend to cover the 300 we discharged.
Why are we paying people to stay who don't want to, but yet dismissing people who want to stay?
Are we really saying that our military, our administration, our national policy is that we're MORE afraid of gay Americans in the military than we are of Middle Eastern terrorists.
Crazy.
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You said it, baby! This post is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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You hit the nail right on the head.
They are definately terrified of gays...in the military or anywhere else for that matter. That's what phobias are all about. Fear of something.
Furry Godfather (ex-military with honorable discharge)
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