As we noted previously, the name of
Hussein is as American as the name of famed Pennsylvanian liberal Benjamin Franklin. Now that the issue of names conferred upon infants has become a matter of the greatest import in the context of a momentous American presidential campaign, this is a good time to reflect on the legacy of His Majesty the late King Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan - a stalwart ally of the United States, world leader, partner for peace in the Middle East and interlocutor of President Ronald Reagan.
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Hussein is NOT a common American name. Maybe it is common among Mohammedan-Americans or Black Muslims but not the Judeo/Christian Heritage that is the foundation of America.
As to King Hussein's loyalty to America, that is not exactly the whole story.
King Hussein was part of the multi-Arab coalition that attempted to wipe Israel off the map at its foundation in 1948. Hussein lost as did the other Arab nations; however he managed to capture half of Jerusalem and was part of the Arab League plan to create Arab refugees and call them Palestinians to have an excuse to re-attack Israel to wipe the Jewish State off the map.
That excuse worked, for Hussein was involved in continuous wars with Israel supporting a cause the Arab League fabricated.
Then the Six Day War came in 1967. Again the Arab nations got the hind-ends whooped and in King Hussein's case, Jordan the ever hostile Arab nation to Israel lost East Jerusalem and the West Bank to Israel. So really is less an occupier and more a defender of land that is Jewish heritage.
Eventually Hussein realistically realized that the Arabs would not beat Israel and sought a way to normalize relations with Israel without alienating his fellow Arab Jewish haters.
And that is how Jordan came to be an American ally. The nation that quits being hostile to America's staunchest ally in the Middle East had the opportunity to reap the benefits of economic and military friendship with America.
"Hussein is NOT a common American name. Maybe it is common among Mohammedan-Americans or Black Muslims but not the Judeo/Christian Heritage that is the foundation of America."
It's true, Hussein is not a common American name, just an old one. And naturally, being of Middle-Eastern origin, it is mostly used by people of Middle-Eastern descent. But your comment about the "Judeo-Christian heritage" being the "foundation of America" is bafflingly bigoted. It's a NAME. My middle name is Patrick, does that mean that I'm fundamentally Irish Catholic and therefore not American? Of course not! You are what circumstances make you, and circumstances have made Obama a true red-blooded American - AS WELL AS the 'heritage' that you seem to hold in such high regard.
And guess what "Mohammedan Americans" and "Black Muslims" ARE AMERICAN. Just like people of German, Irish, British, Swedish, Japanese, African, and all others that immigrate to America are. Unless your name is "Cheyenne", you don't have an 'American' name either.
As for the above story about King Hussein, it's nice to get some perspective on the reality that a name is just a name - Hussein doesn't automatically denote 'enemy'. And theway2k, you could easily say the same thing that you said about King Hussein about every single American ally - ever. We are not allies with anyone just out of the goodness of our hearts either - we do so because it benefits our country.
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