Disgraceful, disrespectful and dangerous!

From the Reuters article:

"All of our efforts in Iraq, military and civilian, are handicapped by Americans' lack of knowledge of language and cultural understanding," the bipartisan panel said in its report. "In a conflict that demands effective and efficient communication with Iraqis, we are often at a disadvantage."

The report, written by five Republicans and five Democrats, recommended the U.S. government give "the highest possible priority to professional language proficiency and cultural training" for officials headed to Iraq.

One helluva sad state of affairs.

It's an ongoing problem. If you feel like getting really depressed about the history of US staffing policies in Iraq offices, have a look at this clip.

So what's wrong with that? It's just easier to teach Iraqis English.

If you feel like getting really depressed about the history of US staffing policies in Iraq offices, have a look at this clip.

Just read it and am appalled (but not surprised, unfortunately).