[flowerplough]

Follow the money, eh? " The immigrant to Europe is motivated, among other reasons, by the opportunity to become eligible for national welfare."

As in The Right Stuff, when a von Braun-ish character asserted "Our Germans are better than their Germans," I also wonder if "our Muslims" are more economically active, industrious, and self-sufficient than "their Muslims".

[durasell]

A) Higher percentage of educated class.

B) Economic opportunity that doesn’t exist in Europe

C) Work-or-perish environment unlike the European model of work-or-go-on-the-dole.

D) Existing Arabic infratructure that dates back a hundred years.

E)Forced interaction — rather than isolation — from larger American community.

[forkinsocket]

It’s true. The Middle Easterners who immigrate to America are generally of a higher class than the ones who immigrate to Europe. Maybe because of colonialism, the Europeans feel obligated to take in many more indiscriminately than Americans do? I don’t know, but I do know there’s no comparison between Lebanese in America & Lebanese in Australia, or Moroccans in America & Moroccans in France.