The recommendations are utter horseshit. Again, empiricism and anecdotes don't always line up, but I have visited many of the countries of the Arab world, live

The recommendations are utter horseshit. Again, empiricism and anecdotes don't always line up, but I have visited many of the countries of the Arab world, lived in one and currently live in another, visited Israel, visited Iran (not the Middle East, no matter what you think), and the latter two on the same passport. Hint, I am not European. Every time I landed in the US, I expected a shit storm, and the Iran stamp was a whole page on the last page of my passport. Never have I been asked more than one question by an ICE officer. I also married into an A-rab family, and no one has ever given any of us trouble. I know bias is subjective, but the numbers of Americans, specifically US servicemen and contractors, is so large no one will question an American who has visited these countries.