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Arab Linguists

By The Daily Dish

Dec 6 2006, 8:00 AM ET

This is Tony Snow's response to the dearth of Arabic-speaking military in Iraq and elsewhere:

"You don't snap your fingers and have the Arabic speakers you need overnight."

How about after five years' notice that we desperately need better intelligence in the Arab world?



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