This past week, as guest of a veterans’ group, I traveled to Iowa to deliver remarks on Armistice Day, the day commemorating the end of World War I. Instead of offering comments typical of the day, focusing on those young soldiers who served, fought, and died, my remarks dealt with the impact of that war—in particular on the people of the Arab World, and on the Arab American community. I titled my speech: “How ‘the war to end all wars’ planted the seeds for a century of conflict.”