Monday, June 13, 2005
I'm now safely settled in Damascus, and will take an Arabic course in July. As promised, I won't be blogging, but here's a quote from a US Army spokesman which I thought merited posting, for its razor-sharp insightfulness:
"Increasingly, it is the Iraqis who are bearing the burden of this war, even more than Americans."
الله
"Increasingly, it is the Iraqis who are bearing the burden of this war, even more than Americans."
الله
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Mom, Dad, and Amelia are now on their way back to the US, and I'm getting ready to leave for Syria, providing with me a convenient excuse to stop blogging (since I'll be in a repressive Axis of Evil wannabee country, not enjoying the freedom of Mubarak's Egypt).
Yet another article on the CIA's inability to find enough Arabic translators:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/08/politics/08intel.html?hp&ex=1118289600&en=1c86039fbad5bb10&ei=5094&partner=homepage
"There are no panaceas to the fact that there are not enough Arabic speakers, and to lower the standards would result in absolutely certain, surefire disaster, in terms of opening the way for possible penetration by hostile countries or groups."
Yet another article on the CIA's inability to find enough Arabic translators:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/08/politics/08intel.html?hp&ex=1118289600&en=1c86039fbad5bb10&ei=5094&partner=homepage
"There are no panaceas to the fact that there are not enough Arabic speakers, and to lower the standards would result in absolutely certain, surefire disaster, in terms of opening the way for possible penetration by hostile countries or groups."
