Recognized! I have been saying this for a very long time and now others are seeing it also……
The good old boy network is failing….time for a change to people that actually know the regions they are assigned….OJT is fine but a working knowledge would go a long way to solving some of the problems…….
Is the Foreign-Policy Elite Clueless? The Future of Freedom Foundation.
here’s one guy, in government, who knows what’s going on. He walked across the Hindu Kush, from Pakistan to Afghanistan, staying with local villagers, speaking Pushtun and gaing a real in depth understanding of the people there. he has become and MP and at the early age of 38 is now chairman of the select committee on defense in the British Parliament.
we need someone who can do that….but we Americans are better than that…