"There's No Doubt in My Mind...That Cutting Off My Nose to Spite My Face is the Right Thing to Do"


The "Defining Conflict of This Century" evidently isn't so dire that it requires bigots to rethink their prejudices:

Lawmakers who say the military has kicked out 58 Arabic linguists because they were gay want the Pentagon to explain how it can afford to let the valuable language specialists go.

Seizing on the latest discharges, involving three specialists, members of the House of Representatives wrote the House Armed Services Committee chairman that the continued loss of such "capable, highly skilled Arabic linguists continues to compromise our national security during time of war."