Brit charges institutional racism.IN AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED BY THE U.S. ARMY, a senior British officer criticizes the army for cultural insensitivity in Iraq that "arguably ar·gu·a·ble adj. 1. Open to argument: an arguable question, still unresolved. 2. That can be argued plausibly; defensible in argument: three arguable points of law. amounted to institutional racism  An editor has expressed concern that this article or section is .Please help improve the article by adding information and sources on neglected viewpoints, or by summarizing and ." Brigadier Nigel Aylwin-Foster, who served as deputy commander of a program that trained the Iraqi military in 2004, describes an army that's combative com·bat·ive adj. Eager or disposed to fight; belligerent. See Synonyms at argumentative. com·bat  ive·ly adv. and
overly reliant on a fight-to-kill mentality.
Aylwin-Foster points out that American soldiers don't understand they are in a "hearts and minds campaign" where getting the support of Iraqis is key. He highlights this anonymous quote from a U. S. Army colonel: "If I were treated like this, I'd be a terrorist!" Unfortunately, Aylwin-Foster doesn't make a connection to institutional racism in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Instead he thinks the army's problem might be that in the mid-90s, junior officers began leaving their jobs in large numbers. What were they fed up with? An army culture that's intolerant of any mistakes. |
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