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To: grimalkin
I watched CSPAN last night and saw Petraeus speak and an AEI talk about bring Iraqi interpreters to the US. These are people we paid to perform translation duties from the local population.

There are “many tens of thousands” of these people that we told could move to the US. One charity CEO, a former soldier, has brought over nearly 4,750 interpreters, already.

The issue is that the people we paid are now targets for the Taliban and such.

When do people fight THEIR OWN D@MN FIGHTS and make their own change?

I am not against some select persons coming, but “many tens of thousands,” as was stated in the talk (by the charity CEO), IS CRAZY!

5 posted on 02/04/2017 8:15:25 AM PST by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticides, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: ConservativeMind

why would we need so many interpreters in the first place?


10 posted on 02/04/2017 8:19:58 AM PST by b4me (If Jesus came to set us free, why are so many professed Believers still in chains?)
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To: ConservativeMind

Sorry just because translated means nothing. Some of those folks set up our service men. Some of those folks turned guns on our service folks

Tens of thousands? I doubt it very much


35 posted on 02/04/2017 9:59:10 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: ConservativeMind

This is the present STUPID MILITARY, as I had four Montagnard interpreters in my rifle company. They were paid 150-200 percent more then my riflemen with my chief interpreter, Y Blim Nie, making over $400 a month in 1968. My privates made more then Viet LT’s and no, we did not promise anyone US citizenship. Only Y Blim Nie ever made it to the USA after making it to Thailand. He was the only man out of 120 or so in that company to survive that war. What is our Army/military coming to? I damn sure think it was much better in 1966-1969 then 69-75. By 1973 the druggies and black power types were around.


36 posted on 02/04/2017 9:59:25 AM PST by Lumper20 (Muslims, Latinos, Asians etc. Assimilate means learn English plus OUR WAYS!)
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