Yeah...exactly where IS good 'ol Saddam these days anyway? Did they stop tracking him or what?
As for not boarding a flight with arabs....well, I'm sure there are always those that have always felt that way towards the arabs, but now that the issue has risen to the surface, everyone has taken on a 'better be safe than sorry' attitude. Not saying it's right, but it's kind of like when awareness of AIDS first became on the scene and parents became outraged upon finding out another student or faculty were HIV-positive....it'll die down over time. Just another one those things you should be aware of and you should be educated on and intelligent enough to make your own decision as to how you approach the issue. I don't believe it's necessarily a 'wrong' attitude as long as no crime is being committed by being paranoid.