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Tiny threadjack: Maybe in the TFP Rules and Guidelines, section II, subsection i, we can include something that has the suggested use for the hide tags.
4. When posting large articles or multiple articles, we suggesting using the hide tags on the articles, only showing the gist (a few sentences) of an article.
Neeways...
I recall watching the documentary "Fog of War", and thinking "Why did we invade a country we knew nothing about? From that perspective, it's amazingly important to any situation where US representatives are in another country. Obviously I don't agree with... well actually any US action in the ME in history, but if we're there, and we can't convince the decision makers that they're all idiots and we need to get out, it's VERY important to have an understanding of the people and the situation we're getting in to. Just deploying blind is the worst kind of madness. So, yes it's very important to have that understanding.
Of course, I said that about psychologists being present for prisoner interrogation, and boy was I ever wrong about that. Simply having the experts that could resolve problems on the ground does not mean that they will solve the problems. In fact, I'd go so far to say that having psychologists in with prisoner interrogation as been ultimately harmful and could have very well assisted in the torture of innocent illegal prisoners. In the situation above with anthropologists, one could assist in understanding how to get along with a culture, or one could outline weaknesses. If I was a betting man, based on the precedence, I'd bet on the latter.
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