May I suggest

Submitted by BUCK FREEMAN (United States), Mar 10, 2007 at 18:44

In the nineteen seventies the refugees of the Vietnam War were taken into the United states. In a relatively short time many of those Americans became productive citizens. If America can help seemingly divergent cultures to assimilate to its culture and enjoy success, I wonder why the bonds of the palestinians seem so weak that they cannot take in and offer stability to what are supposed to be much closer cultural cousins.

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