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> I imagine the only worse thing I could be is an Iranian nuclear scientist. I would like to think such a person would have no problem coming, but just wouldn'
by javert 13y ago
> I imagine the only worse thing I could be is an Iranian nuclear scientist.
I would like to think such a person would have no problem coming, but just wouldn't be allowed to go back.
- unhappyhippie 13y agoThis is what I find surprising about security checks, don't quite understand. When I entered Israel I was out hailing a cab within minutes of debarking my flight. When I was leaving, they had me detained and searched thoroughly. I couldn't understand why they let me enter in the first place if I was such a suspect personality.
- azernik 13y agoTravelling into/out of Israel the extra security checks are all about getting on an airplane (due to historical attacks on air travel). Getting off the plane at Ben Gurion Airport is always easy, but you probably went through extra screening getting on that plane at the other end (in my experience, usually done by Israeli security guards at foreign airports).
- rincebrain 13y agoOn the way out, Israel not only cares about their security checks, but whether you're going to cause other countries to doubt their checks.
- emiliobumachar 13y agoI would not. As bad as it is to refuse entry to a person based on uncorfirmed suspicion, refusing exit is a whole order of magnitude worse.
- javert 13y agoOh, so you support genocide against Jews?
- emiliobumachar 13y agoNo, and I honestly can't think of how you interpreted that. Please explain. EDIT: Oh, wait, I think I get it: you see the U.S. as a safe heaven, a place people should go to escape dictatorships, a place where their rights would be respected. Is that it?
- javert 13y agoIranian government officials have repeatedly stated that their goal is to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. Even if you don't believe them, their nuclear weapons could end up in the hands of terrorists who do have that goal. If you support the US allowing Iranian nuclear scientists to return to Iran, you are supporting that policy. As a side note, an advanced Iranian nuclear state would likely entail a massive war in the Middle East to stop them, so there's also that.
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