[Peace-discuss] Scarcity of linguists makes it hard to wage war

[Jenifer Cartwright]

Of course there would have be LESS of a shortage if the Pentagon/military would have retained the gay translators they fired... or would hire them back (see links if you haven't already). As one pundit observed, these guys are more afraid of lesbians than of terrorists. Fwiw, I do have a gay friend who translates for the fibbies (and yes, they do know he's gay).
 --Jenifer
 
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/11/14/attack/main529418.shtml
 
http://www.democracynow.org/2003/12/5/despite_increased_post_9_11_need
 
http://www.democrats.com/Will-Condi-Rice-Hire-A-Platoon-of-Lesbians
 
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/23/america/NA-GEN-US-Military-Gays.php


--- On Mon, 7/14/08, Karen Medina <kmedina at illinois.edu> wrote:

From: Karen Medina <kmedina at illinois.edu>
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Scarcity of linguists makes it hard to wage war
To: "Peace Discuss" <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>
Date: Monday, July 14, 2008, 12:08 PM

David Green sent us a link to a discussion of the 'scant supply of foreign
speakers?'

I once wrote a letter to our representatives saying that if the US continued
sending people to the Middle East that we must require language training for
all before they go. 

-karen medina


---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:31:57 -0700 (PDT)
>From: David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com>  
>Subject: [Peace-discuss] Scarcity of linguists makes it hard to wage war  
>To: Peace Discuss <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>
>
>Can U.S. be a skillful interventionist with scant supply
>of foreign speakers?
>
>   "How can the United States be a successful
>   interventionist nation without an adequate supply of
>   people fluent enough to interrogate the locals —
>   not just in Afghanistan — but around the world?"
>    
>   http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25618746/
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