July 9, 2007 - 7:54am — Colleen Star

On May 23, the International Herald Tribune reported that the U.S. military has kicked out 58 Arabic linguists because they are gay. On June 26, Congressmen Tom Lantos (D), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Gary Ackerman (D) noted statistics published by the Government Accountability Office that show over 300 U.S. soldiers with “critical foreign language skills, including fluency in Persian and Arabic” have been dismissed from the military for their sexual orientations. (I know, at this point you’re absolutely seething with frustration at the shortsightedness and bigotry this administration continues to show … just wait – it gets better.) The skills these soldiers possess are, for obvious reasons, in extreme demand at the moment. So they simply take their talents to private contracting companies – the same contracting companies our government hires at twice the cost to us, the taxpayers.

All I have to say is, “YO! America! What the F@#$??”

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