FAO Quotables

"But being right, even morally right, isn't everything. It is also important to be competent, to be consistent, and to be knowledgeable. It's important for your soldiers and diplomats to speak the language of the people you want to influence. It's important to understand the ethnic and tribal divisions of the place you hope to assist."
-Anne Applebaum

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Aww Snap! You've just got served! Is there a FAO danceoff in our future?

Beyond Diversity and Tolerance: Reassessing Islam and Islamism in the United States Military Article
by Mark Silinsky (US Army civilian FAO- Eurasia, Russian language), was originally published in International Affairs Journal (http://www.faoa.org/) Oct 2010 edition.  Evidently, Dr. Denny Howley (FAO) published a scathing rebuttal to this article.  I have an email out to Mr. Silinksy to find this rebuttal which I have been unable to find online as of yet.  Once I receive a link to the rebuttal I will publish it here. 

The short of it all is that Silinsky is fired up and has challenged Dr. Howley to a danceoff  FAOoff public debate on the subject of his article.  He requests that the debate be held at a future FAO luncheon.  Regardless of which side of the fence you stand, this type of rigorous public debate is great!  It would certainly make the next luncheon a memorable one; and it pushes the FAO program further into the public arena. 

I have provided Mr. Silinsky's original article below for those of you who are curious.  FUUO will be monitoring the situation and keeping its readers updated.

Beyond Diversity and Tolerance: Reassessing Islam and Islamism in the United States Military

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