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, May 10, 2011

Article to Read Today on Veterans Affairs Blogger or Tupac's Timeless Advice

 I came across the WaPo article today through my RSS feed to the great "Essential Reading for Marines".  The article is entitled, At VA, a blogger criticizes from the inside, and reading it will give veterans hope  that their criticisms of the VA are not falling upon deaf ears.    The blogger is Alex Horton (of Army of Dude notoriety, or fame depending on who you ask) and he is a gifted and talented writer.  He writes with the 4 C's: clarity, conviction, color and coherency; tenets with which most writers struggle. 

The Department of Veterans Affairs took a gamble (but also showed considerable gumption and insight) in hiring one of their most pointed critics--obviously Assistant Secretary Duckworth is a fan of Sun Tzu or perhaps The Godfather, but most likely 2PAC (inside scoop from last summer's interns was she kept the Makaveli- The Don Killuminati 7 Day Theory album on heavy rotation in her office), taking to heart his admonition 35 seconds into his video of his single Blasphemy(DISCLAIMER:  While FUUO does enjoy the occassional Tupac jam, it is decidely on team Biggie Smalls)

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