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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Not sure this is a valid comparison.
I worked with a lot of foreign military personnel over the years. The ones sent to the US were the ones who either believed that we were friends, or could pretend that we were. I doubt that too many radicals were selected for our programs.
Many of them said things in their own languages that they would not want translated. I am sure that many of our people do the same thing.
Every country I have been to, one of the most asked questions was always how I liked their country. No matter how big a cesspool it was, I always found something nice to say.
Appearances can be deceiving.
TR
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Sir,
I agree with you, and I have to say that many of my dealing with them, while at school, were with this in mind. But I also got to know quite a few of them on a personal basis, out of school. I met their wives and their children. I was invited into their home for meals. I still speak with many via email. Call it naivete on my part, but those folks I call my friends, and they call me the same.
Do I believe that some of the students came to get what they could, and learn as much as they could for us, for nefarious purposes in the future? I would be a fool if I didn't.