Abizaid is an Arab born of Lebanese Christian parents. He studied in Amman, Jordan. He rose to prominence by virtue of a perception that his arab background would score points with the arab street. Well he’s certainly scoring points in the arab streets today.
Agreed.Reminds me of A young ,pretty,Russian jewish girl that used to work for me.Her parents and their parents before that suffered one form(Jail,execution,violence) or another under the anti-semetic system of the Glorious Workers Paradise.The family emigrated to the US in the first wave of the 90’s.Built a lifestyle unimagined in their home country.Big hose,lake front,new cars,the American Dream.
One day we are having a breakfast before work and the conversation somehow arrives to where she didn’t think she would know who to support if there was ever a conflict between the USA and Putin.(?)Her family was from Kiev (had survived fall out from Chernobyl),really not a even part of Russia.Culturally,no matter how bad things were in the home country,she still identified more with her families multi-generational oppressors,that the country that gave them freedom and a good life.Same way with lots of folks who got here lately,Yes?