Originally Posted by Botnst

When I was in the USN my ship performed S&R and relief to flood victims in Tunisia. I've been to Turkey several times. Took a couple of courses in Arabic (would still be doing so except the teacher, a visiting scholar in contemporary French literature, returned to Morocco). My brother, also a veteran, had a Palestinian (male) friend with whom he shared a house while they were studying engineering. He has been a guest in my home on many occasions. I have hired 1 Palestinian coop student and spent significant time mentoring him.

Oh yeah, my Dad worked on the planning that sent himself and a bunch of other guys to Lebanon once (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon_crisis_of_1958).

Aside from that, not much.

B