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	<title>Comments on: Army Dismisses Gay Arab Linguist</title>
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		<title>By: Jon Swift</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jon Swift</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2006 23:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Don&#039;t Act, Don&#039;t Trill: Thespians in the Military ...&lt;/strong&gt;

Once investigators had confirmed their suspicions of Bleu Copas&#039;s thespianism, he was discharged from the military.
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<p>Once investigators had confirmed their suspicions of Bleu Copas's thespianism, he was discharged from the military.<br />
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		<title>By: anjin-san</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/army_dismisses_gay_arab_linguist/comment-page-1/#comment-92027</link>
		<dc:creator>anjin-san</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What do you expect, given the endless stream of homophobia emitted by the GOP?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What do you expect, given the endless stream of homophobia emitted by the GOP?</p>
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		<title>By: legion</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/army_dismisses_gay_arab_linguist/comment-page-1/#comment-91975</link>
		<dc:creator>legion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Speaking of self-inflicted wounds, I love this part of the article:
&lt;blockquote&gt;Shortly after Copas was appointed to the 82nd Airborne&#039;s highly visible All-American Chorus last May, the first e-mail came to the chorus director.

&quot;The director brought everyone into the hallway and told us about this e-mail they had just received and blatantly asked, &#039;Which one of you are gay?&#039;&quot; Copas said.

Copas later complained to the director and his platoon sergeant, saying the questions violated &quot;don&#039;t ask, don&#039;t tell.&quot;

&quot;They said they would watch it in the future,&quot; Copas said. &quot;And they said, even specifically then, &#039;Well, you are not gay are you?&#039; And I said, &#039;no.&#039;&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

If he&#039;d pushed for a court martial rather than an administrative procedure, he&#039;d probably have a fighting chance. It&#039;d take years tho, and he&#039;s probably much better off hitting the civilian world instead.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speaking of self-inflicted wounds, I love this part of the article:</p>
<blockquote><p>Shortly after Copas was appointed to the 82nd Airborne's highly visible All-American Chorus last May, the first e-mail came to the chorus director.</p>
<p>"The director brought everyone into the hallway and told us about this e-mail they had just received and blatantly asked, 'Which one of you are gay?'" Copas said.</p>
<p>Copas later complained to the director and his platoon sergeant, saying the questions violated "don't ask, don't tell."</p>
<p>"They said they would watch it in the future," Copas said. "And they said, even specifically then, 'Well, you are not gay are you?' And I said, 'no.'"</p></blockquote>
<p>If he'd pushed for a court martial rather than an administrative procedure, he'd probably have a fighting chance. It'd take years tho, and he's probably much better off hitting the civilian world instead.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim Henley</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/army_dismisses_gay_arab_linguist/comment-page-1/#comment-91964</link>
		<dc:creator>Jim Henley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Homosexuals have never been a security threat to any country, just ask Burgess and McLean.&lt;/em&gt;

Or J.Edgar Hoover!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Homosexuals have never been a security threat to any country, just ask Burgess and McLean.</em></p>
<p>Or J.Edgar Hoover!</p>
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		<title>By: Lisa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2006 12:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If Copas, stops and thinks about it the Army did the best thing possible for him.  He can now go become a contractor for DOD and make 6 times more money.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If Copas, stops and thinks about it the Army did the best thing possible for him.  He can now go become a contractor for DOD and make 6 times more money.</p>
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		<title>By: LJD</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/army_dismisses_gay_arab_linguist/comment-page-1/#comment-91960</link>
		<dc:creator>LJD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2006 12:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>His lisp was interfering with accurate translation, and the arabs with which he conversed took offense to his limp-wristed technique.  :-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>His lisp was interfering with accurate translation, and the arabs with which he conversed took offense to his limp-wristed technique.  :-)</p>
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		<title>By: DC Loser</title>
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		<dc:creator>DC Loser</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2006 12:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As compared to hetherosexuals?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As compared to hetherosexuals?</p>
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		<title>By: TJ Jackson</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/army_dismisses_gay_arab_linguist/comment-page-1/#comment-91947</link>
		<dc:creator>TJ Jackson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2006 06:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Homosexuals have never been a security threat to any country, just ask Burgess and McLean.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Homosexuals have never been a security threat to any country, just ask Burgess and McLean.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim Henley</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jim Henley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2006 02:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>He might have included subliminal gay messages in his translated documents. Pretty soon the entire Pentagon is gay and then . . . actually, I can&#039;t figure out the next part.

But what&#039;s up with the math? Resigned four months into his enlistment after an eight month investigation?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He might have included subliminal gay messages in his translated documents. Pretty soon the entire Pentagon is gay and then . . . actually, I can't figure out the next part.</p>
<p>But what's up with the math? Resigned four months into his enlistment after an eight month investigation?</p>
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		<title>By: Eric J</title>
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		<dc:creator>Eric J</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I hope he&#039;s already had a recruitment call from the NSA.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hope he's already had a recruitment call from the NSA.</p>
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		<title>By: just me</title>
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		<dc:creator>just me</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 23:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maybe at one time openly gay military members would have been a problem, but I think this is one policy that needs to go.

Any behavior the military would be concerned about can easily be dealt with in the UCMJ.

I suspect it is the people in congress and maybe the aging generals that see a problem where none is likely to exist.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe at one time openly gay military members would have been a problem, but I think this is one policy that needs to go.</p>
<p>Any behavior the military would be concerned about can easily be dealt with in the UCMJ.</p>
<p>I suspect it is the people in congress and maybe the aging generals that see a problem where none is likely to exist.</p>
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		<title>By: Anderson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anderson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;d say the Army waived its right to dismiss the guy once they knew his name was &quot;Bleu&quot; but took him anyway.

(N.b. that I would not say that where Mr. Copas could hear me, because he looks like a big, tough dude.)

The whole &quot;no gays&quot; policy is stupid of course, but we knew that already.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I'd say the Army waived its right to dismiss the guy once they knew his name was "Bleu" but took him anyway.</p>
<p>(N.b. that I would not say that where Mr. Copas could hear me, because he looks like a big, tough dude.)</p>
<p>The whole "no gays" policy is stupid of course, but we knew that already.</p>
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		<title>By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator</title>
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		<dc:creator>Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Army dismisses gay Arabic linguist 
   
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A decorated sergeant and Arabic language specialist was dismissed from the U.S. Army under the &quot;Don&#039;...</description>
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<p>A decorated sergeant and Arabic language specialist was dismissed from the U.S. Army under the "Don'...</p>
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		<title>By: djneylon</title>
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		<dc:creator>djneylon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;I knew the policy going in&quot;....but I decided to live by my rules instead of theirs... unfortunately, the military needs people who live by the military&#039;s rules ... not whatever rules they choose...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>"I knew the policy going in"....but I decided to live by my rules instead of theirs... unfortunately, the military needs people who live by the military's rules ... not whatever rules they choose...</p>
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		<title>By: vnjagvet</title>
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		<dc:creator>vnjagvet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I generally support the military, and often try to think of arguments which may support seemingly foolish actions.

I can&#039;t think of anything supporting this one.

This sounds like a self-inflicted wound.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I generally support the military, and often try to think of arguments which may support seemingly foolish actions.</p>
<p>I can't think of anything supporting this one.</p>
<p>This sounds like a self-inflicted wound.</p>
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