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Well, there are nut cases everywhere and folks fixate on all sorts of grievances, both real and imagined. When were you there? We weren't invading anybody at the time, were we?

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I think we were cool at the time. I am not suggesting that there is any pattern here, just comparing my experiences with others. The entire would has people like that and the amount ebbs and flows; I am not sure I would want to be Frenchman in America right now, much less an Arab.