[lg policy] Breaking News: [US] Air Force Officer Speaks Pashto!

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From:  edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


 Breaking News: Air Force Officer Speaks Pashto!



File this one under "pet peeves." American Forces Network Afghanistan
just posted a video: "The Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team's
public information officer speaks Pashto!"



The fact that this is considered newsworthy and exceptional - a U.S.
military officer speaks one of the official languages of Afghanistan!
- doesn't reflect well on the national commitment to Afghanistan.
Eight years after its involvement in Afghanistan began, the U.S.
military still relies overwhelmingly on contract interpreters, and
troops by and large aren't equipped with survival-level Dari or
Pashto. Why don't all of the PRT team members speak the local lingo?



Full story:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/10/breaking-news-air-force-officer-speaks-pashto/


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