Maybe he was thinking about General Abizaid. Abizaid is an Arab (Lebanese) but Christian.
Anyway Khalilzad is an EXCELLENT choice for UN Ambassador.
"Maybe he was thinking about General Abizaid. Abizaid is an Arab (Lebanese) but Christian."
I knew exactly what you wrote.
I'm sort of a stickler for accuracy, so I didn't want the suggestion that Abizaid was a muslim to remain uncorrected.