Posted on 11/14/2002 1:12:58 PM PST by mikenola
Edited on 07/14/2004 12:59:18 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Nine Army linguists, including six trained to speak Arabic, have been dismissed from the military because they are gay.
The soldiers' dismissals come at a time the military is facing a critical shortage of translators and interpreters for the war on terrorism.
(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...
But they didn't want to serve their country as linguists. They wanted to be discharged so they could 1) get all this (free) training without having to serve, and 2) use their dismissal to fuel the homosexual agenda.
It is also why they arranged to get "caught" in flagrante.
Now they can go to work in the private sector, making lots more money, all the while representing themselves as "martyrs" to the cause of "gay rights." Our country and our armed services are far better off without them. Believe it or not, homosexuals are not the only people available for this sort of training. To read this AP article, you would think that our military, intelligence and diplomatic establishments will collapse without recruiting every homosexual in sight.
... So, in reality, the military is saying: "We won't ask you and you don't tell us that you are gay. But, if you tell us and/or we find out that you have not kept your hands to yourself, you are outta here" ...Most definitely. As it should be.
This was a coordinated set-up for political purposes. Under the military's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy, there is no way they would have outed themselves to their superiors, unless they WANTED to leave the military. Thus, the military policy was a secondary factor in the seven dismissals. They wanted to leave the military, and to cause it maximum embarrassment, while giving the misleading impression that they wanted to serve their country's intelligence needs, which they had no intention of doing.
If the authorities were smart, and themselves masculine men, they would take a closer look at this Ralls guy. He might need to be outed for attempting to undermine the military.
No need, mrustow. Nobody in the SLDN is active duty military. Read their website, especially their board members and personnel. It's another leftist organization whose real purpose is to undermine America, not just the military.
You may be right, but without knowing the details of the cases, it's impossible to say for sure.
I don't see quite see this connection. Can you elucidate? Is it "demanding to continue to play in spite of knowingly breaking the rules"?
No need, mrustow. Nobody in the SLDN is active duty military. Read their website, especially their board members and personnel. It's another leftist organization whose real purpose is to undermine America, not just the military.
Thanks for the clarification and the link, Bonaparte. You're right, of course.
I couldn't help thinking, while reading the board member bios, that they are in-your-face gays who, rather than living private lives, expect and surely get, the full support of their firms. Wonder how high someone would rise at the same firms, and how long they'd last, if he said, "I'm a Christian who believes in the literal meaning of the Bible, and who supports the U.S. Constitution as written."
Uh-Oh ... better not let AlBore find out about this ...
No. These guys, for the most part, are not just guys sitting in cubicles translating docs...
They are involved in investigations, interrogations, and working as theatre liason situations, in other words, it isn't something civvies can do
As high as they hung the rope, I guess.
Failing to keep tabs on your men, failing to inspect regularly and thoroughly, is dereliction of duty. There is no "right to privacy" in the military. Homosexual enlistees are well aware of this, and it's the only reason that barracks have not become bath houses.
It's not specifically addressed but is prosecuted as "conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline." It's the same with other deviations from standards of decency.
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