Word: parkerisms
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...always try to live with the Afghans,” Parker said at the Maxwell Dworkin Forum...
...Parker said he encouraged rural villagers to network, trade, travel, get involved with the government, and join the army...
...soldiers, it’s important to be able to communicate with peoples of seemingly different worlds. Parker said effective battlefield diplomats are those who could walk into a bar and strike up a conversation, rather than cling to the wall...
...make a friend if you have nothing in common?” Parker asked rhetorically, talking about the skills necessary to make a difference in Afghanistan...
Referring to the rural regions as “medieval,” Parker emphasized the societal disconnect in many of these communities by telling an anecdote about how some Afghans initially believed that American forces were Soviet soldiers, who invaded the country more than two decades...