Arabs in U.S. Raising Money to Back Bush

NY Times ^ | February 17, 2004 | LESLIE WAYNE

[GeronL]

well, they only had 60 years to catch up... their real slow at that 'learning' thing.

[GeronL]

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[Criminal Number 18F]

Of all the names the story throws at you, only two support the lead, by being Arab-American donors:

1. Yousuf Ghafari, a Lebanese-born Christian, and
2. Tim Attallah. (Yeah, "Tim." There's a real ay-rab for ya). Tim gave $2,000, which if you're the New York Times is practically overthrowing democracy (what did Soros give the DNC?).

The rest of the cited "Arab contributors" either aren't Arabs, or aren't contributors. So you have a whole story based on one guy, poor Ghafari.

One more example of how the journalistic standards of the Times have been in a death spiral since at least the advent of the Raines regime. I mean, did anybody edit this piece?

But wait -- maybe it isn't about telling a story. Maybe it's about trying to frighten the Jews among the paper's aging readers, and to ensure they turn out to vote for the paper's party this fall. Which is, if it's the case, another marker of the post-Raines Times.

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Criminal Number 18F

[yonif]

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[NYCVirago]

In 1993, Mr. Attallah stood on the White House lawn as an invited guest when the Israeli-Palestinian peace accord was signed. But now, he said, he is troubled by the administration's stance in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and is concerned about the antiterrorism law and the lack of Republican leaders campaigning for Arab-American votes.

Uh, somebody should tell Mr. Attallah that it's a different administration in the White House now than in 1993.

[freedom44]

Actually majority of US Iranian came over during the Shah's era so they're and have always been pro-American.

And there are many religious minority groups Christian, Jewish, Zoroastrian, and Bahai.

I for one, am Christian, but most of my Muslim Iranian American friends are more against Iran's regime and even more pro-American than i am.

Good day

[freedom44]

Iran literally means "land of the Aryans", not Aryan in the sense Hitler used it, but historically from the tribe Arya and of Indo-European origin.

Iran is the ancient name of Persia, and it is derived from the root "Arya" or Aryan, the Indo-European branch of peoples who settled in that land. The Aryans of ancient Iran were Mazdayasni Zarathushtris, ie. Worshippers of Ahura Mazda (the name of God in Avestan) as revealed by the ancient prophet Zarathushtra, thousands of years before Christ.

However, all the ancient Zoroastrian scriptures speak of an earlier homeland from where our people came, the lost "Airyane Vaejahi" or seedland of the Aryans. From this homeland, the Indo- Europeans or Aryans moved to upper Iran, Russia and the nations of Europe such as Greece, Italy, Germany, France, Scandinavia, England, Scotland and Ireland.

Unlike the Arabs -Iranians migrated from Indo-European countries, Iran remains one of the only countries (besides Turkey) in the Middle East that's non-Arab.

Ethnically the majority are Persian followed by Azari, Baluchi, Lur, Kurds..

[olde north church]

yeah, it was more knowing a sort of a homophone (?) stretch from my background in history knowing the people of the steppe and the Zoroastrian sense [although wasn't Mithraism, a derivative of Zoroastrianism a major influence in Christianity and the concept of ethical retribution that formed a basis of Judeo-Christian ethic?] sorry about a reference that was longer than the main sentence.

[okie01]

Thanks for the additional background on the subject of Aryans and the Irani people. Knowledge is always appreciated.

Though it certainly seems in short supply at the New York Times.

[ScarTissue]

How can you lump an entire group together? Most Middle Eastern Americans are Republicans. They understand what freedom is all about because they have lived in police states that the liberals want to create here. Moreover, most Americans of Arab descent are Christian. I would bet the same is true for Iranian-Americans. And the Iranian people love America. If the mullahs are overthrown, Iran will be a much better ally than Old Europe.

[concerned about politics]

I've read other articles about this. At first, I said "huh?"
After reading, I discovered they like Bush for what he's doing in Iraq. They see democracy and a Republic being set up, and they approve of that.

[concerned about politics]

PS...the people of Iran are uprising against their government to get what Iraq is going to get. They want freedom, too. Nice to have them working with us. I feel sorry for people over there who are trapped like that.

[ScarTissue]

That is a big factor but most of them vote on domestic issues, like everyone else. They like low taxes, smaller government (they have seen what big guvmit can do) and they agree with Republican social values.