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December 17, 2003

US plans for Arab countries

The Chicago Sun-Times has a banner ad soliciting arabic speakers for the US Army...4-AL01_468x60_careers.gif

The logic goes like this:

  1. there are around 21 arab countries
  2. invasion rate is currently around 2 per year (chart based on this table)
  3. Iraq is already invaded, so 20 more countries = 10 years
Clearly, the US Army is going to run out of arab countries in 10 years. So much for a career -- if you start at age 20, you're out on your ear at age 30! So, my advice is -- sure, if you speak arabic, join the US Army and have fun liberating folks for a decade or so. Make sure you have an exit strategy for your middle age, however...

Posted by Michael at December 17, 2003 11:22 AM

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