[FRIAM] From Head Scarf to Army Cap, Making a New Life - New York Times

[Marcus G. Daniels]

Owen Densmore wrote:
> And now, for something completely different!
>    http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/15/nyregion/15muslim.html?hp
>   
It seems a cunning plan to recruit women from these cultures.   They 
must have deep-seated rage, if only discovered retrospectively.   Yet 
they have evolved skills for controlling it.  And they have a crucial 
skill the government needs, namely knowledge of Arabic.   My favorite quote:
> Nothing felt more familiar than the military’s emphasis on respect. 
> Soldiers learned to tuck their hands behind their backs when speaking 
> to superiors.