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<blockquote data-quote="ewheeley" data-source="post: 1288497" data-attributes="member: 10387"><p>Just be sure to try and take some Middle Eastern Studies courses, if you can. Language too. The more we can learn about our perceived enemies' way of life, the better. I guess it goes back to "knowing your enemy." That's my take on it from an international relations perspective. Try to learn enough about another culture to be able to look at the world from their POV. I'm taking a lot of Russian language and history classes. Even Russian literature (blah!). It makes perfect sense why Russia and the US are always, even if only slightly, at odds. We both see ourselves differently, existing in a completely different world. </p><p></p><p>Off subject, but I heard a Russian joke that's pretty good. Not sure exactly how it goes, but something like this.</p><p></p><p>Vladimir Putin has a dream. Joseph Stalin comes to him and says, "I want you to paint a room blue, fill it with a hundred people, and kill them all." Putin asks, "Why blue?"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ewheeley, post: 1288497, member: 10387"] Just be sure to try and take some Middle Eastern Studies courses, if you can. Language too. The more we can learn about our perceived enemies' way of life, the better. I guess it goes back to "knowing your enemy." That's my take on it from an international relations perspective. Try to learn enough about another culture to be able to look at the world from their POV. I'm taking a lot of Russian language and history classes. Even Russian literature (blah!). It makes perfect sense why Russia and the US are always, even if only slightly, at odds. We both see ourselves differently, existing in a completely different world. Off subject, but I heard a Russian joke that's pretty good. Not sure exactly how it goes, but something like this. Vladimir Putin has a dream. Joseph Stalin comes to him and says, "I want you to paint a room blue, fill it with a hundred people, and kill them all." Putin asks, "Why blue?" [/QUOTE]
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