For proof the US isn't the only country in the world with a self-contradictory citizenship, we only have to examine this Reuters news story on a recently-opened KFC in Damascus:

"To be honest we were surprised they opened this American restaurant in the midst of our political situation," said Tareq Farzat, 25, adding that he liked his Chicken Burger Combo and would definitely return to KFC with his friend Kalam.

The main difference being, I suppose, that when the self-appointed elite of this country get pissed off at the plebes, all they do is whine. Arab elite tend to have a rather different way of expressing their displeasure...