Of the 1,000 U.S. employees at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, only 10 have a
working knowledge of Arabic, according to the State Department.
That is still a slight improvement from last year when, according to the Iraq Study Group, six people in the embassy spoke Arabic.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Why Can't They Learn the Local Language?
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Because it's a hard language! Some would call that an over 50% increase, which is a good start! Everyone is learning a Chinese dialect. It's the new economy!
It may be a hard language, but I do expect Foggy Bottom to be a lot more efficient in teaching the local language to its employees. Indeed, the right-to-left reading of the written Arabic should come naturally to the diplomats ;-)
Not to mention, it has a certain "doodle" quality to it.
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