{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"Former U.S. Air Force Captain reveals how U.S. State Department trains employees to humiliate and demean local cultures","author_name":"Matthew J. Nasuti (Former U.S. Air Force Captain)","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article3561.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article3561.html'\u003EFormer U.S. Air Force Captain reveals how U.S. State Department trains employees to humiliate and demean local cultures\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\"We were given a briefing on how to take advantage of Arab politeness towards guests. The State Department emphasized this as an Arab weakness that can be exploited rather than a strength to be admired.\" \n\u003Cbr class='autobr' \/\u003E\n I am a former United States Air Force Captain and former Deputy City Attorney for Los Angeles.  I was hired last year by the U.S. Department of State to serve as a Senior City Management Advisor to a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Iraq. \n\u003Cbr class='autobr' \/\u003E\n My contract with the State Department was (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}