So Christian Lebanese are in there too but the global story is not good:
" The Lebanese diaspora today is a staggering 20+ million, with only 4 million Lebanese residing in Lebanon. The advances of the Lebanese in their criminal activities throughout the world caused many governments and politicians to become corrupted and give in to their Lebanese guests due to their accumulated wealth and power. In Africa, specifically Nigeria, Ghana, Angola, and Sierra Leone it is reported that at least 35% of the national economy is controlled by Lebanese involved in some sort of illicit activity. The Lebanese mafia has successfully infiltrated and penetrated most governments and systems in the world, and they keep growing their criminal enterprises day by day. Criminal organizations however often transcend religious and cultural barriers, with members of the Sunni, Christian, Shia and Mhallami communities all involved in the same criminal organizations."

o sung wu, "The biggest blue that most blokes were articulating, was the (lack of) welcome home or homecoming we had all experienced"

Agreed, but NOT by the ordinary public and not then, not now.

I'd venture that you would know who trash-talks Vietnam Vets, soldiers, the police, authority and so on and they also regard the ordinary, hard-working tax-paying family-raising public as fools to be taken advantage of by the gravy train.

However as men (the women too) we cannot allow the chaff and lies of hard left Jackasses to affect our thinking and lives. That stuff is external to us. Dump it. Discard. Tip it out of your head. Your choice as to what you allow inside your head.

One thing is for sure though and that is you will never convince the hard left of anything.

What about this selfish, bigoted, old trout who lives off taxpayers and is set for life with two lots of pollies super and benefits, but bashes the 'capitalist society' that gives her all of that?

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/dec/31/factional-turmoil-for-greens-continues-amid-attack-from-lee-rhiannons-partner

Hi there LEOJ...

Of course you're right, you'll never convince the hard left of anything. But after awhile we simply lose our puff and our spirit to continue the blue, allowing the younger more exuberant and idealistic members of the far left to smother you with any amount of detritus.

I am becoming quite bemused by all the talk of racism in the media. Perhaps the north of Australia really is a different country, because despite having probably the smallest percentage of white residents in the country there is very little mention of racism.
Interracial marriage,particularly Aboriginal, Asian,White has been widespread up here pretty well since the first white settlers arrived.
On the whole, everyone gets along. White mothers with brown skinned children is a common sight, kids bring home friends of multiple types of race and colour.
My late husband was dark skinned aboriginal/Asian/White and the majority of our grandchildren and all of our great grandchildren have dark skins yet not once have I ever heard any type of negative slur whilst I was in their company, nor that of any of my multitude of dark skinned inlaws. Not in nearly 50 years of living with another race.
A couple of people asked my why I married my husband but it wasn't in a derogatory way,mit was sheer curiosity. And when we holidayed in Adelaide in the 70s and 80s, as a couple we received nothing but courteous treatment from waiters, flight attendants, theatre ushers etc.
One old lady approached us in Rundle St in the middle of Adelaide when we were on holiday with the four children and commented on how beautiful our children were.
So, as I said in the beginning, I'm a bit bemused by the attention given to this apparent crisis of racism. Have I missed something? Do I live in the wrong area? Or have I just been lucky?

u r right Big Nana. We should concentrate on ideology and behaviour not race. That's what makes it so funny when the left label people racist when truth telling about Islam. They are yet to learn that Islam is not a race.