User talk:Dav301

Ray LaHood
If you have some good reason for switching "Arab" for "Lebanese" at the above article, please take it to Talk:Ray LaHood. -Rrius (talk) 03:09, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

John Abizaid
Please discuss this here on your talk page or on the talk pages of the articles in question. While the Ray LaHood article may have lost the sentence explicitly referring to him as Arab American, there are several instances of the word Arab in the Abizaid article. As with your edits to the LaHood article, this edit of yours at the Abizaid article removes a reference to a Lebanese father. It's my instinct to want to learn if this is a religious or cultural preference within the Arab world. I very much want to assume good faith, but by reverting these edits with no explanation whatsoever, despite being asked repeatedly both in edit summaries, on the Talk:Ray LaHood page, and here on your own talk page, this is verging on being presumed that this is simply a case of vandalism. If you care about this issue, please discuss this and state your reasoning, preferably with a citation to a notable source supporting your position. I am not opposed to including the phrase "Arab American" in these articles, but unless there is some compelling reason, it should not be at the expense of dignifying the specificity of his Lebanese descent. Respectfully, Abrazame (talk) 06:14, 18 April 2009 (UTC)