>> America has been excessively worrying about the lives of Arabs for what, 50 years? Longer? <<
Much longer. My favorite series of novels is the Tarzan series by Edgar Rice Burroughs, beginning in 1912.
The Tarzan novels always had 3 groups from which to draw their villians, Arabs, Russians and occasionally Germans, but always Arabs.
I loved the Tarzan novels too.
People who have only seen the movies (including new ones) don’t have a clue.
John Carter of Mars was great too.