I think most Americans can tell the difference between Arabic and Indian names (or maybe I'm giving most Americans too much credit).
I doubt most Americans could locate the Middle East and India on a map, let alone differentiate between regional name differences. The American people are very stupid; hence the art of manipulating them exists within politics.
The difference between Piyush and Hussein is that one of them is a name for a certain Iraqi dictator.
Yeah. And the other one sounds like a thick, snotty, sneeze...