Wow! You make a semi-throwaway comment and someone goes off on a mega-rant.
I wasn't making any comment upon the validity of anyone's "cause", just saying that as someone who served in the military during part of the IRA's campaign (and got on with life, despite being a target) I can't see any reason to allow the current unrest to destabilise me and my life too much. Even if the unrest spreads to the UAE (highly unlikely in my opinion) I would not expect expats to become "targets" although I have enough funds available to get out reasonably quickly if needs be.
With regard to the rest of sittingidly's diatribe, I see that it has now been removed so I shall refrain from comment. However, his near namesake Sitting Bull (speaking from the spirit world) might have a thing or two to say about American "imperialism" and the use of the word "genocide"!
