Y’all don’t speak Hindu, do ya?
May 11th, 2007, 08:56 pm
Not that I would have ever guessed this or anything, but the U.S. government has a severe shortage of intelligence agents familiar with the diverse languages of cultures of Muslims worldwide:
The U.S. government, in dire need of intelligence agents skilled in the languages and cultures of the Muslim world, is struggling to recruit from American ethnic communities grown wary of its policies.
Relations with many minority communities, first soured by a post-Sept. 11 crackdown on Muslim immigrants, have been further strained by uproars over the abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib prison, U.S. interrogation practices and President George W. Bush’s now-suspended domestic spying program, experts said.
I’m no expert, but I would say that America’s invasion and occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq, the anti-Muslim stances of important political figures, and the growing Islamophobia in the media also have something to do with this mistrust. Yeah, given the political situation, it’s hard to believe that you won’t be betraying your own people by working as an intelligence agent for the FBI and CIA.