I was just thinking today of the American Irish diaspora (being of that tribe) and how much of the support for the IRA has come from America... I have heard various exaggerations over the years, such as, "the last Irish to properly recollect the famine are American," and, "what brought peace in Ireland was not Blair but the end of funding from America post 9/11." This makes me wonder what is the future of the emergent Sunni diaspora? Is there any evidence that this new diaspora is being watched by anyone, whether spook or anthropologist? Is anyone trying to shape it away from generations-long support of extremists (I assume Baath and salafi extremists are trying to shape it to support them)? I did a search of these boards and didn't catch anything that really seemed directed at this group in particular, my apologies if this is topic is old hat.