Bush hates gay people more than he hates Bin Laden

Jul 27, 11:54 PM EDT
Army Dismisses Gay Arabic Linguist

By DUNCAN MANSFIELD
Associated Press Writer

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) — A decorated sergeant and Arabic language specialist was dismissed from the U.S. Army under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, though he says he never told his superiors he was gay and his accuser was never identified.

Bleu Copas, 30, told The Associated Press he is gay, but said he was “outed” by a stream of anonymous e-mails to his superiors in the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C.

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In case you didn’t know, the U.S. government is seriously short of Arabic, Farsi, Urdu and Pashtun speakers willing to translate all of the telephone calls and e-mails that we’re spending billions to intercept.

The story referenced above is not an isolated incident. This 2005 story from FOX News makes is clear that institutional homophobia is much more important to the Bush White House than protecting Americans from terrorism.

Think of all of the attacks that the U.S. military could have stopped in Iraq or Afghanistan had these linguists not been shoved aside for the sake of homophobia.