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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
Why can't expat Muslims or Arabs support Israel? Is it in their DNA they can't, or are you just making that assumption for them? What exactly are the additional issues of being Muslim? By your logic, with so much oppression, every Muslim in America would be seething and taking up arms. The fact is, Muslims in America live in a free and open society. Part of that is being free to make horrible choices. Does Isis find them, or do they find Isis? Does the FBI find them, or do they find the FBI? Try again.

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I don't want to have an argument. Today is a very sad day. I've been to Nice. My son was just in Nice not long ago. I feel really bad about this attack. As as I said, I don't think any of our leaders have the imagination to effectively address this crisis. But, to answer your questions, most of the Arabs in this country are from historic Palestine, Lebanon, or Jordan. These folks are very sympathetic to Palestinians and it would be very unusual for them to support a government that is occupying the Palestinians territories. Many are actually willing to recognize positive aspects of Israel and many Israelis are quite supportive of Palestinians. But, they are very unlikely to support the rubber stamp grant to Israel by the US.

The issues of being Muslim should be obvious. Just read the posts in this forum. Muslims are considered to be pedophiles who oppress women and want to replace the US constitution with Sharia. I never said that Muslims here are oppressed, but that many are alienated. Just as there are many angry white men in this country, only a few of them take up arms. The same is true of Muslims. We should do what we can to remove the factors contributing to alienation.

In the cases of Orlando and California, ISIS never really found the guys. They appear to have found propaganda on the Internet that fed their underlying anger and then decided to act on their own. We are literally losing the battle of ideas in these cases. We need to up our game.
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