Today, Obama fired his first Arabic linguist from the Army for being gay. People are dying because of this insane policy, and still we plod forward with our palms pressed against our eyes. That point is so obscene it bears repeating: This policy of discrimination for discrimination's sake has unequivocally led to the death of U.S. service men and women. As of two years ago more than 58 Arabic linguists had been dismissed because of this policy. Since 1994 more than 13,000 service members have been dismissed, at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars in training and recruitment. The public doesn't even support it.
The President that I voted for, went door to door for, and who campaigned on ending this policy (and who could follow through on that promise by signing a piece of paper) allows it to continue. How many more people have to die before that changes?
Write the White House and tell them it's unacceptable. We should all be outraged by this.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
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Beside myself.... all I can say
Terrible.
Word, DP.
Obama for change! I lol'd.
I agree as it relates to this issue, wes. But, as a more substantive charge it's a cop out. Seeing no change between George Bush and Barack Obama is to intentionally place one's head in the sand. I've been pretty frustrated with Obama on several fronts, but the Bush administration he is not.
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