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I'm mentioning it because it was explicitly stated by the White House as the justification for temporary travel ban. They also said that Muslims as well as memb
by ewzimm 10y ago
I'm mentioning it because it was explicitly stated by the White House as the justification for temporary travel ban. They also said that Muslims as well as members of other religions who were at risk of religious persecution because they belonged to a minority religious group would have special considerations (it's often unreported that Islam is not a monolithic religion and not only Christians, but members of competing sects are often executed for their beliefs).
These countries were excluded from relaxing visa requirements under the Obama administration because of documented concerns about their identity verification processes. In Somalia, for example, the government esentially has no control and can't leave the capital city without risking death.
- alphabettsy 10y agoYes, all of these things are known, but it really doesn't square with the rhetorical from the campaign or the fact that at current and previously there was no such "ban" and there have been no issues warranting one.
- Consultant32452 10y agoAgain, this discussion is missing the forest for the trees. Justification for this travel ban should be largely irrelevant compared to the justification for dropping so many bombs in Syria we ran out of bombs. In the context of US foreign policy, this ban should be 2nd or 3rd page news.
- alphabettsy 10y agoI understand what you're saying, but it should be possible to have a discussion about it right? We don't have to ignore one thing to see another. Just because we're bombing Syria doesn't mean we should ignore bad policy at home.
- Consultant32452 10y agoThe house is on fire but everyone is worried about the fact that we left the front door unlocked. This is called manufactured consent. They get everyone riled up about this one bad policy that stops some brown Muslim people from traveling so they can happily continue the decade and a half long slaughter of millions of brown Muslim people right out in the open. Trump's mean tweets or random crappy policy is the dog being wagged.