{"id":3524,"date":"2002-11-03T17:13:17","date_gmt":"2002-11-03T22:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3524"},"modified":"2002-11-03T17:13:17","modified_gmt":"2002-11-03T22:13:17","slug":"um_guys_theres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/11\/03\/um_guys_theres.html","title":{"rendered":"Um, guys?  There&#8217;s a <i>war<\/i> on?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Given that, why&#8217;s the US Army so hot to <a title=\"gfn.com - Daily News\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gfn.com\/news\/story.phtml?sid=12478\">fire Arabic language specialists<\/a>, which both the military and intelligence are chronically short of, just because they&#8217;re <i>gay?<\/i><\/p>\n<p>I mean, what&#8217;s the <i>real<\/i> priority here, folks?<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instapundit.com\/archives\/005224.php#005224\">InstaPundit<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usefulwork.com\/shark\/archives\/000298.html#000298\">Shark<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Given that, why&#8217;s the US Army so hot to fire Arabic language specialists, which both the military and intelligence are chronically short of, just because they&#8217;re gay? 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