Understanding
Well to be honest I don't think any of these guys are really against ex-pats coz none of em, neither
the letter nor any of the posts (including that of Deep Blue) ever stated anyhing about any problems at the hands of ex-pats themselves. It's a whole other thing that they indeed seem to be resentful about the apparent discrimination, as it may seem to them, happening Because of the ex-pats. It is but natural for any community to attack the most visible cause of a problem as it may appear to them, when they can't find the actual reason for the trouble which may be rooted much deeper than what they actually see. It's pretty understandable when you compare the frustation building within these guys to the one we often see in the west when it comes to Outsourcing.
What we need to make them realise is that we're here to work with them and not with an idea of replacing them.