Em42

Em42 t1_j6cfbwz wrote

I was just thinking maybe we need to rethink Incirlik, According to wikipedia (some of the info there is 20 years old...), Incirlik Air Base has one 3,048 m (10,000 ft)-long runway, located among about 57 hardened aircraft shelters. Tactical nuclear weapons are stored at the base. Among them are "up to" 50 B61 nuclear bombs. I want to say it's really a joint NATO base but I'm not sure where I read that now. it's always been mostly US tech, equipment and troops though, mostly because to the US has more tech, equipment and troops ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. A lot of the info about the base is out of date, which makes me quite concerned that there are more nukes or more risk weaponry, or fewer troop than previously and it does make me an bit concerned. there than they're telling us, or that damn more concerned than previously that the troops they have stationed there are not enough to guard those bombs.

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Em42 t1_j5yaqgw wrote

Well I used to work in the courts. A lot of people who basically speak the everyday portion of the language, get interpreters because a lot of times they won't have learned all those specialized legal terms because the only place they're used is in court.

It is not uncommon for someone to have a translator just because they're not a native speakers. If we're going to charge you, especially if you're in a potential death penalty case, we want you to understand and participate in your defense.

Maybe that's not how it works near you, but that is exactly how it works near me, the fact that he has an interpreter has no bearing on whether he speaks English or not, it just means he can't speak the language of the law in English.

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