why do u always think that middle eastern people are tarrest?
463146
Because I'm closed minded and besides, I think middle eastern people are terrorists.
336197
it doesn't, it just makes them less selfish and self-serving. They must be tempered for the good of all. I guess there are pros and cons to this but I think the west could benefit a lot from thinking of others feelings before their own.
46782
I think you mean: what is the general view of people in the islamic Middle East of the USA (America for me is the continent from Alaska to Chile). I haven't been in the Middle East myself, but if you look at the news, I think this is the picture they give:\nMedias are very hostile towards Israel, like many governments. And as Israels strongest supporter, the USA will be identified with a negative position. But I also see that the protests are directed against the government of the USA, not the people as such. And that even Bush was elected twice.\nMany Middle East government are corrupt, tyrannic, despotic, and those regimes normally got to have an outer enemy to keep people down. \nBut many some Middle East expert can teach you better.
62416
People in the middle east are loving to all nations and love all human kinds. The only problem they have is the governments, people hate governments not the people. And the hate of government is because of bad policies western governments have had towards the mid east
1114481
Maybe they're jealous of the influence we have around the world, and by things that we have done lately like the Iraq War which i believe is a reason why the majority of countries or at the European countries don't like us much. \nThe countries had great respect for us pre 9/11 i mean look at the Vigils they had for the victims, it's just the reckless war in Iraq that set many countries off.
1055927
*sigh* Ok two things......\n\nWe wonder why middle Easterners don't have an accurate impression of Americans, and then we do this? Hmmmmm. Maybe they DO have an accurate impression afterall. \n\nSecondly, at least when we build something mammoth locally, it is put up for referendum. Did our lovely Senate give the go ahead for this?? \n\nAll of a sudden I feel I lost my voice. \n\n(p.s. I had no idea you were a teacher! Dang....do your students roll their eyes at your puns as much as mine do? haha)
722861
The middle east is mostly arid. The other three have widely contrasting terrains.
1074864
Islam is a true religion.\ni dnt think there's anything wrong with Arabs.\nMiddle east has smthg goin on. and dey haf to stop fighting among demselves.dey cud come up with smthg more productive.... dey;re smart ppl. in fact, arabs r smart bcuz they invented chemistry ' al-kimiya' \nIslam was actually leading in the past few centuries, so the europe countries learn from dem n succeded. whereas the middle east fall back......
767082
First off, I have lived in Arab countries for over twenty years, and was married to an Arab woman; while living there, I read many French scientific studies that dealt with Semitic hairiness; the majority view is that hirsuteness shields the skin from UV and heat; hair also traps an insulating air layer close to the skin; which does not heat up more than body temp.. especially when loosely covered by long tubular garments, such as all desert dwellers wear; which aids by trapping yet another layer of insulating air.\n\nBut one must remember that nighttime temps in all deserts approach freezing; this hirsuteness serves equally well at that time.  And, yes, Arabs and other Semitic groups tend to hirsuteness; as do individual groups from other ethnic groups worldwide...  some of whom may need the extra hair, others who do not; because of environment or technology or lack thereof.
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First of all - there's a difference between nationality and religion. Two diferent things. You *cant* generalise that a particular race/nationality/religion behaves a certain way just because of the actions of a particular group e.g terrorists. It's just bizarre to say that people from a geographic region (which is what the Middle East is) are untrustworthy. That's as ridiculous as saying  all Americans are racist or all Europeans are snobs. (Btw, Iranians are Persians, not Arabs - Persians have a completely different culture language history etc). \n \n9/11 is a complicated issue that makes it all the more easy for each of us to compartmentalise other people into little groups and try to give them labels. No wonder politicians use fear, creating the "us" against "them" mentality, when in reality there isn't such a thing. The reason the so-called war on terror is such a dismal failure is because the US is trying to fight an invisible enemy -upon realising that was impossible, they decide to attack Iraq, a solid target that actually had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks.  \n\nThe best people can do is to educate themselves - read more, surf foreign news sites to get different perspectives (e.g BBC, Le Monde, The Independant etc.), make the effort to mix with people who are different from yourselvf, ask questions and learn more. Then you'll come to the conclusion that there are good people in this world and bad people - and neither is determind by what country you come from or what faith you practise.
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The US Government, for the most part, is ill-informed about the Mid-east. All we are proving is that we are the biggest kid on the block.\nBesides, war is always a money maker and an economey improver.
113560
I notice that Muslims in the West are more naive and believing. Many of them are either extremely religious or liberal. Many of them would study the history of Islam, and the Life of the Prophet Muhammad, amongst many Islamic resources, as they progress, or before they convert.\nThey focus less on the rituals (like which foot goes into the bathroom, which side is better to sleep on etc, more on theoratical and scholarly side.)\nHowever, Muslims in Asia are in both extremes. Extremely religious, or extremely non-religious. Many of the non-religious people don't even know their own religion at all, they're only born Muslim.\nMany are rather moderate and practice their religion so personally you'd never know they were really muslims, even if the women in the family wore headscarfs.\nMany are nice, ordinary people.\n\nHowever, they focus more on the "physical", the rituals, less on the history, mostly by route memorization of specific texts and verses picked here and there rather than knowing the full meaning and verse, sentence, paragraph or origin of the text. This could be because they were born Muslim and many have read the Qu'ran by memorization only.\n\nThis isn't counting the extreme-thought Muslims who are holier-than-thou with their attitudes but still sleep around and drink alcohol - like my Saudi friend.
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Any person who thinks that an entire group of people can be judged by the action of the few they know or heard about, is technically INSANE. \n\nSo, that explains why they feel just fine about it...... after all, they are wondering how others can sleep at night by allowing the "races" to intermix in marriage and the like. But did they forget that we are all ONE race - the HUMAN RACE, descendants of Adam & Eve. \n\nInsecure people often find the need to pump themselves up by putting others down. And putting down a whole class of people due to some, is just plain ignorant and so illogical that it's crazy.
1019926
Aside from the fact that you are Arab/middle eastern, your description of your feelings sounds like my average American friend.  All governments are corrupt, and America has managed to put a lot of corrupt governments in place.  After all didn't we help the Taliban take control of Afghanistan after the war they had with the USSR?
205234
Only and Only mixing more and more with internation people will make u understand and ease the tension the world is having for a quite long time now.I am a bangladeshi and been to australia and stayed there for 7 years-and that really made me understand why the Australian authority always rejects south east asia's peoples application to allow them to stay in their country---its not xenophobia(fear of aliens) as the south east media would like to potray about the mentality of australian people.I am not gonna elaborate on that,but I know now that most australian people are one the most honest,decent,fun loving,kind hearted nation on earth.I met the british,the greeks and a lot of other people to understand that they started to hate the muslims or arabs or asians only after the media started this dirty game of potraying foreigners(from arab and asia)as evils.If u are an american,u r now potrayed as evil as well in the middle eastern too.But,to be very honest-if u could go pass the media mayhem and say hello to an young bangladeshi,you are definitely going to end up being freinds.....every human being has the same emotions....but he or she is right now a bit of hesitant because of the media.Remember one thing,If u are looking at an animal and feel scared,it is also feeling the same about you.And this rule is applicabale to human beings too.....bye for now.Have a truly nice life full with friends everywhere in the globe unlike the politicians.
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I do agree.  The presence of oil in the middle east has propped up medieval autocratic governments that would have otherwise fallen by the wayside.  The petro-dollars have given these government the means to basically bribe their populations without really serving them.  While some middle-easterners are ridiculously rich, the majority are in abject poverty (that is why Islamic radicalism is becoming so popular).  If you look, you will see that the radical Muslim movements are the most popular in the countries that are trying the hardest to restrict their people.
447191
Yes, the Middle East is part of Asia, however differences is geography and culture, as well as natural barriers have brought historians as well as the general public to view the Middle East as a separate entity.