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Originally Posted by RickeyD
Our country is applauded by the Europeans because we have the greatest success in assimilating them into our culture. We need to continue as we have been rather then having them feel isolated as they are in Europe.
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Developing relationships with people in these communities would help prevent future terrorist attacks as well. I have had a number of friendships with people from abroad whenever I have had that opportunity even if some of them did not work out all that well.
I have Facebook friends from all over the world now for instance. Part of my 224 613 Project to a certain extent but also like to see what these many people are thinking about many subjects.
I have mentioned my friend Mahmood Jergis Mohammad that I had while at the University of Denver Graduate School of Librarianship and Information Management. He was from the University of Mosul. I hung around with him and a small group of Muslims/Arabs from about a half dozen different Muslim countries. This was in 1983-1984. During the Iran-Iraq War. I did really hate some of the jokes about the Kurds I heard from this group though.
My friend probably now in 2016 would probably consider me an enemy if he survived the ISIS take over of Mosul. I had a correspondence with him for two years or so before he just became too full of hatred for the West.