non-english speaking countries

I did, and provided a link. Finns rate very low on the list. Americans rate near the top.

 

Achtung: you are off topic. fftopic-sign: (second call guys)

 

Started a new thread - not that I would have cared for. Please see my answer there.

http://www.ww2f.com/topic/54634-the-size-of-foreign-aid-in-different-countries/

 

I'm (almost) always on-topic except when someone mentions pretty young women. I cannot resist.

Let's get back to non English speaking countries and how their language can be useful.

Two amongst the most prominent Israeli officers Dado Elezar and Chaim Bar-lev had something in common: they both spoke Croatian/Serbian language as native speakers. Before migrating to Israel Elazar lived in Sarajevo/Bosnia where he was born while Bar-Lev, born in Vienna, lived in Zagreb/Croatia since the age of four.
During the Yom Kippur war Elazar was the Chief of Staff of IDF. Bar-Lev, retired from the same position, was recalled from retirement to serve as as Chief of the Southern Command during the Yom Kuppur war.

During the most critical phase of the war they spoke without encoding but in language that just two of them spoke. Before the Arabs realized what was going on, it was too late.

On the photo below; Ariel Sharon, Chaim Bar-Lev, David Dado Elazar.

 

I wouldn't call it "glossing over". The problem is very very few residents of the US run even hear any of the Amerindian languages. You almost have to go to one of the reservations. This is happening more now due to the Casinos though. Not if you are likely to hear them speaking thier langugages there though. I did hear recently where a bunch of schools here in Michigan have got some of the tribes to supply language teachers for some of the public schools. Since the kids won't get emersed in the culture I'm not sure how much good it will do other than to raise awareness but that's probably worth it in and of itself. The other thing of course is those languages are in general difficult to learn for people brought up speaking European languages.