You forgot to mentiom that he is an american citizen and former congressman.
In the first Gulf War, Emanuel served with the Israel Defense Forces as a civilian volunteer helping to maintain equipment
I seem to remember a bunch of native americans dying during government forced relocation.It was called the trail of tears, in case you have not heard of it.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h1567.html