Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Fri, Aug 12 2005
Language And Education: Powerful Weapons
The Monterey Bay area is still hoping that both the Defense Language Institute and the Naval Post Graduate School (which I hear people call the Post Naval Graduate School all the time) will survive the military base closures.
I hope the two facilities stay open. I've always thought that at least as much defense money should be spent on language, education and communication as is spent on weapons. With more countries looking to develop nuclear capabilities we're coming into a world where we'd better keep talking to the enemy as long as we can, because when the talking stops and the nuclear firepower begins, it will be too late to talk. And there might not be anybody left to listen anyway.
posted at: 08:24 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
The Monterey Bay area is still hoping that both the Defense Language Institute and the Naval Post Graduate School (which I hear people call the Post Naval Graduate School all the time) will survive the military base closures.
I hope the two facilities stay open. I've always thought that at least as much defense money should be spent on language, education and communication as is spent on weapons. With more countries looking to develop nuclear capabilities we're coming into a world where we'd better keep talking to the enemy as long as we can, because when the talking stops and the nuclear firepower begins, it will be too late to talk. And there might not be anybody left to listen anyway.
posted at: 08:24 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
