Funny...so many Freepers claim to be against the Balkanization of this country by politicians for political gain. How many times have I read on this board that we should just get rid of the hyphen-Americans that the race warlords and leftists use to divide us and refer to us as Americans.
Those who profess to believe this but now single out Arab Americans for special scrutiny are hypocrites. If you are an American citizen, I don't care what color your skin is or what religion you follow, or if you own guns, and neither should you.
You aren't serious, are you? The only ones singling themselves out as Arab-Americans are Arab-Americans. Why do you think that John Zogby's ugly mug is on TV every 10 minutes? He is the head of an Arab-American organization, and continually says this. Isn't it about time he simply referred to himself as an American? Better yet, isn't it about time that the members of his organization refer to themselves as Americans? Zogby is a Democrat, BTW, so I'm not surprised that he is out mewling about victimhood, since this has been an arrow in the DemocRat's quiver for many years. Politics, as usual.
This article is correct, Arab-Americans have chosen the time-honored tradition of America's recent minorities, that of victimhood, rather than taking this opportunity to display some disgust for what has happened.
The point of this Editorial written by an American Muslim to other American Muslims is that they, his fellow American Muslims, are indeed doing less than any other Americans and are even doing less than foreigners overseas.
Even when put into detention camps during World War II, Japanese Americans volunteered for combat in Europe. They acted as other Americans did.
As Mr. Tarek E. Masoud points out, however, that is not the case with many American Muslims. Such conduct does raise doubts as to whether those who behave in the manner Mr. Masoud describes truly love America or are simply here for economic reasons while despising this country as The Great Satan.