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Middle Eastern Americans Should Reconsider Trump
American Thinker ^ | June 7, 2016 | Slater Bakhtavar

Posted on 06/07/2016 5:26:24 PM PDT by Kaslin

With Trump having a serious shot at becoming the next President of the United States, it is important for Americans of Middle Eastern descent to evaluate the impact his theoretical administration would have on their community – just as they should with any serious candidate. And despite the alarmist warnings of those who profess otherwise, Donald Trump is a solid friend of Middle Eastern Americans.

This fact is understood by the American-Mideast Coalition for Trump. As its name implies, the AMCT is a group of Americans descended from Middle Eastern nations who have realized that Donald Trump is in fact the strongest candidate to strengthen the Mideast-American community. Such a conclusion by this particular demographic may seem strange to some, as Trump is commonly known as an anti-Muslim candidate. This popular view of him, however, is flawed.

To begin with, Trump is anti-terrorist and anti-extremist – contrary to the opinions of some bigoted individuals, neither label describes the vast majority of Muslims, let alone the majority of Middle Eastern people and their descendants. His rhetoric and policy suggestions have always been aimed at protecting the United States from those who wish to do it harm -- a noble and important goal -- not at unfairly targeting people of certain religious affiliations. And where he has mentioned Muslims without specifically qualifying that he meant only the small fraction of that enormous group who are terrorists, such as his discussion of temporarily banning people of the Islamic faith from entering the U.S., he has later clarified that he was speaking in general suggestions and not advocating firm policy.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hollywood; muslims; newyork; policy

1 posted on 06/07/2016 5:26:24 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

idk thats a tough sell. besides everybody knows all muslims are terrorists


2 posted on 06/07/2016 5:33:48 PM PDT by Uhhh
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To: Kaslin

Ya, right.


3 posted on 06/07/2016 5:35:31 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Kaslin

If they renounce Islam, fine.


4 posted on 06/07/2016 5:41:43 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Like herpes, Cruz can always flare up again. Treat with Trump.)
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To: Uhhh
besides everybody knows all muslims are terrorists

If you think all people of Middle Eastern heritage are muslim terrorists, then you, sir, are an ass of the highest order.

P.S. Isn't it time to renew your BLM & La Raza memberships?

5 posted on 06/07/2016 5:45:27 PM PDT by nevergiveup (When in Rome, speak Roman.)
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To: nevergiveup

I agree with you, there are folks from Iran, Persia, who are good people, not the crazy Iranian folks, but the Persians before Taliban, Radicals took over the country of Iran.


6 posted on 06/07/2016 6:04:32 PM PDT by Engedi
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To: Kaslin

Middle Eastern Americans?

Is that like East of the Mississippi but West of the Appalachians?


7 posted on 06/07/2016 6:16:43 PM PDT by Roccus (POLITICIAN....JOURNALIST............... four letter words spelled with ten letters.)
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To: Kaslin

Bottom line is that a strong America dedicated to freedom and capitalism is good for the entire world. Always has been. Hillary is already sold the Presidency to Clinton Foundation donors. You’ll get nothing for your vote.


8 posted on 06/07/2016 6:46:15 PM PDT by BRK
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To: nevergiveup; Uhhh
If you think all people of Middle Eastern heritage are muslim terrorists...

That's not what he said.

He said, "besides everybody knows all muslims are terrorists."

Now why did you feel the need to completely, totally change that particular subject in order to scream racism, hmmm?

9 posted on 06/07/2016 6:56:13 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: nevergiveup

I think the poster was being sarcastic.


10 posted on 06/07/2016 7:08:39 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Uhhh

Most Americans of Middle-Eastern heritage are Christians escaping from Moslems.


11 posted on 06/08/2016 1:48:30 AM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: Engedi
Taliban are Sunnis from Afghanistan/north-western Pakistan and are not in Iran.

Persia is the name of one province of Irans (Pars) and has the language Farsi which is an Irani language. There are other Irani peoples such as:

The term "Irani" vis-a-vis "Persian" is like the difference between "German" vis-a-vis "Bavarian"

12 posted on 06/08/2016 1:54:58 AM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: Kaslin

Lord help us. We are a destroyed nation. We have forgotten who we are and now look for votes and bodies.


13 posted on 06/08/2016 1:58:49 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Altura Ct.

A nation that needs to be rebuilt.


14 posted on 06/08/2016 2:52:21 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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