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Kwintessential are currently running a survey asking people if they believe intercultural skills (or training) would have benefited troops in Iraq.
In the short time they have run the survey they have received a decent response but now want to drive the numbers up in order to get an accurate reflection of people’s beliefs.
The idea behind the question the survey poses is to examine whether people appreciate or believe that the “hearts and minds” approach is now also crucial to winning conflicts in the modern age, rather than “shock and awe”. The situation in Iraq all will agree has not been ideal, but moves from the U.S. military seem to suggest that they are now appreciating that providing troops with skills to communicate with people are more and more crucial.
Read more: Iraq and Intercultural Skills
