IMMIGRATION thread

[AE Bravo]

I agree, Gulf countries suck, and it's nice to see you admitting that the peoples of the Levant aren't really all that much like Arabs - funny how that wasn't true a couple of weeks ago.

No need for that, they aren't that bad actually. I guess it's like what they say about how people start seeing the guy who won the lottery. I've never met a Brit that doesn't like the Gulf. Not to mention what London is now was straight up built by our lowly countries.

Totally different topic. You were quick to run out of that one with doublespeak. I already proved to you they are the same.

I appreciate the breakdown, but this is comparable to the middle east how? True, it's dangerous to "civil society at the local level" but I'm talking about state survival not manageable civil disturbances. Civil society is weak and restrained in the GCC, which makes it prone to the only civil society that can possibly be justified in such an environment - some form of political Islam. Some people would just be more enthusiastic and comfortable starting up a political Islamic program in another Arab country than they would in an alien country, it is more of a danger in the middle east than it is in Europe obviously.

"We" Arabs or "We" Americans?

You're in Denver.

I grew up/go to school here, but I am from the UAE and spent most of my life there. It's my home and I know it has problems.

I will say that one thing I've noticed is that Europeans in general, again in general (and the ones I've met) all have disdain for Arabs for some reason. It shows, even with you. Oh well, I'm livin

Speaking of which - the US has the space as well as the mass lift capacity, the money, and the experience of assimilating new immigrants.

Agreed. They are far more welcoming than Europe, not a hint of widespread condescension.
The US has really done enough imo.