As the Defense Department seeks to establish its own intelligence service because of the ineptitude of the CIA, the Army, more concerned with its macho image than with its competence, has dismissed a bunch (six) of Arabic linguists because they are gay. Ask Rumsfeld, Cheney, Perle Wolfowitz or Rice if they speak Arabic and you will get a blank stare. "Gay or straight?" they will reply. It appears that only straight Arabic is spoken in the Army, or the CIA or the Defense Intelligence Agency. Speaking as a straight white male, I could not give a hoot who it is … Continue reading Out the Arabists