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Except they left out the countries with the most known terrorist activities in the us, that happened to be countries with major trump investments, that would be

Except they left out the countries with the most known terrorist activities in the us, that happened to be countries with major trump investments, that would be Saudia Arabia and Egypt.

WarmToaster 10y ago
We need oil. People like their modern society built on oil. The Saudis have too much leverage over the American political establishment. The proper way to deal with them would be to nuke Mecca but that won't happen.
- NotSammyHagar 10y ago
  I prefer no nuking of anyone or anything. Move off saudi oil. We've been doing it for years, actually. The latest way to get away is electric cars.
  - WarmToaster 10y ago
    Honestly, Islam was a disaster only surpassed by the Mongols and their sacking of Eurasia. Which helped the position of Europeans who got a rain check for a period of unthinkable slaughter. And then the European assholes killed off millions of their men for nothing other than setting the state for American hyperhegemony.
    - stefantalpalaru 10y ago
      > Honestly, Islam was a disaster only surpassed by the Mongols and their sacking of Eurasia. If you knew the history of Christianity, you'd pipe it down with the righteous indignation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_persecution_of_paganism_under_Theodosius_I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_persecution_of_pagan... See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_pagans_in_the_late_Roman_Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_pagans_in_the_l... Some of those ante-literam talibans are now worshipped as saints.
imron 10y ago
> that happened to be countries with major trump investments And that (on a diplomatic level at least) also happen to be major US allies in the region.
tomp 10y ago
US has military bases in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, so that might have happened for strategic (for the US, not for Trump) reasons.
- selectodude 10y ago
  They have quite a few bases in Iraq, too. But no trump holdings.
kj01a 10y ago
He excluded the countries that were already excluded under Obama's executive orders on immigration. This isn't new foreign policy, just a strengthened one.

Except they left out the countries with the most known terrorist activities in the us, that happened to be countries with major trump investments, that would be Saudia Arabia and Egypt.

WarmToaster 10y ago

We need oil. People like their modern society built on oil. The Saudis have too much leverage over the American political establishment. The proper way to deal with them would be to nuke Mecca but that won't happen.

NotSammyHagar 10y ago
I prefer no nuking of anyone or anything. Move off saudi oil. We've been doing it for years, actually. The latest way to get away is electric cars.
- WarmToaster 10y ago
  Honestly, Islam was a disaster only surpassed by the Mongols and their sacking of Eurasia. Which helped the position of Europeans who got a rain check for a period of unthinkable slaughter. And then the European assholes killed off millions of their men for nothing other than setting the state for American hyperhegemony.
  - stefantalpalaru 10y ago
    > Honestly, Islam was a disaster only surpassed by the Mongols and their sacking of Eurasia. If you knew the history of Christianity, you'd pipe it down with the righteous indignation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_persecution_of_paganism_under_Theodosius_I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_persecution_of_pagan... See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_pagans_in_the_late_Roman_Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_pagans_in_the_l... Some of those ante-literam talibans are now worshipped as saints.

imron 10y ago

> that happened to be countries with major trump investments And that (on a diplomatic level at least) also happen to be major US allies in the region.

tomp 10y ago

US has military bases in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, so that might have happened for strategic (for the US, not for Trump) reasons.

selectodude 10y ago
They have quite a few bases in Iraq, too. But no trump holdings.

kj01a 10y ago

He excluded the countries that were already excluded under Obama's executive orders on immigration. This isn't new foreign policy, just a strengthened one.