^^^ Thanks for your insight, DubaiSis. Yes, I know that Middle Easterners as a culture are well known for their hospitality and generosity. Members of these violent, radical fringe groups are not at all representative of their larger cultures, either here in the US or in the Middle East. We certainly need mainstream and peace-loving Middle Easterners as our allies.
Are you still in Dubai? I have found that actually living in a foreign culture varies tremendously from what we are told about it. And the ideas I had about them before I got there!
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