Iraqi Terps The Latest Victims of the Good Idea Fairy

"In the world of counter-insurgency, interpreters (or terps) are crucial individuals to ensuring that our troops break down the language and cultural barrier to get the natives on the side of the good guys. Obviously, our troops go into some dangerous neighborhoods (why else would they need to patrol), so revealing the identity of an Iraqi interpreter may put him/her at great risk of being targeted by the local thugs for colluding with the "infidel".

But, Brandon Friedman notes that caution has been thrown to the wind, and interpreters are required to take off that mask in the name of professionalism. From Washington Post:"
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