We live in an odd time where political correctness and the assumed rights of foreign citizens are taken as more important by some vocal elements within our country than the safety of Americans at home. It’s backwards, but this is the sort of thing that we’ve come to expect from much of the left. Right now their criticism is focused on President Trump’s ban on travel from seven countries in which there is a substantial Muslim population even though there are nations with far larger Muslim populations that are not part of the ban.
You would expect the most vocal opposition to come from those countries that are included in this travel ban, and you would largely be correct. However, there are Muslim nations that are supportive of President Trump’s policy. For example, the foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates recently stated that the ban is an internal matter of the United States and is not an attack on any faith.
Now Kuwait has taken action very similar to what the US government has done, and has banned travel from selected Muslim states.
Citizens from five Muslim-majority countries will no longer be able to obtain Kuwaiti visas, after reports the Gulf state issued tight entry restrictions that mirrored US President Donald Trump’s Muslim ban.
Syrians, Iraqis, Iranians, Pakistanis and Afghans will not be able to obtain visit, tourism or trade Kuwaiti visas with the news coming one day after the US slapped its own restrictions on seven Muslim-majority countries.
Passport holders from the countries will no lot be allowed to enter the Gulf state while the blanket ban is in place and have been told not to apply to visas.
Kuwaiti sources told local media that the restrictions were in place due to the “instability” in the five countries and that the ban would be lifted once the security situation improves.
Pakistan and Afghanistan have all witnessed violence from extremist groups, while Syria and Iraq are embroiled in internal conflicts.
What is the Kuwaiti motivation to take this action?
Kuwait is concerned about the threat of extremist groups such as al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group with both militant organisations have a presence in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The Kuwaiti leadership has taken a look at the situation, and guess what? They don’t want terrorists coming to their nation to destabilize it either. To make the point rather bluntly, this is a Muslim government banning travel to their country by residents of selected Muslim nations.
The idea that Donald Trump is on some mission to denigrate Muslims is absurd. It is an unfortunately fact that much of the terrorist activity worldwide is perpetrated by those who at least claim to be Muslims. They are responsible for their own actions, no one else. If it were not for the terrorism issue, it’s doubtful Mr. Trump would even give much thought to the Muslim faith one way or another.
That President Trump as well as other leaders, including Muslim leaders in predominantly Muslim nations, want to keep terrorists out of their countries should not come as a surprise. One important function of government is to defend its citizens.
That this job is not always going to fit neatly into the imaginary and politically-correct world of many on the left is just a fact of life.
Source: albawaba
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Bill Dixon Why is it only one like YOU always MISUNDERSTANDS what I mean?! I WAS GENERALIZING! GUESS MY INTENT OF INTELLIGENCE FLIES RIGHT OVER PEOPLE LIKE YOUR’S HEADS! Notice 11 people UNDERSTOOD MY INTENT! YOU DON’T LIKE IT, GET LOST! STOP ATTACKING ME DAMN IT! OR I’LL BLOCK YOU TOO! THOUSANDS ON MY LIST!
They don’t want ’em because they paid HR Clinton 25 million to win so they could start the agenda 21. I’d be willing to bet this is a front for something else. WHY wouldn’t they want to help the refugees?! Think about that!
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If their own people don’t want them what does that say?
Pat Mickler I’M WELL AWARE OF ALL THIS! I CROSS-POSTED IT JUST LAST WEEK.
PAY attention America even other Muslims don’t want the Muslim immigrants. What does this tell you.?
Nearly every Christian nation in Europe banned their Jewish population at least once. England banned all Jews for 300 years ! France, Belgium, Austria, Spain, Bohemia and others booted their entire Jewish populations out and did not allow them to re-enter for generations. Russia banned all Jews for 150 years. The Christians were being brainwashed by the Church to believe that Jews were going to bring “Torah Law” and bring “Judaization” to the country and force the Sabbath and outlaw pork. Jews were being blamed for causing “economic terrorism” and creating a “state within a state”. The Germans Holocausted 6 million Jews and the Christians of Germany did not object because they dehumanized them and everyone recognized “the Jewish problem” of not assimilating into European culture.
$#%&!@*was a populist, charismatic leader who offered the “Final Solution” to the Jewish problem after the False Flag terrorist burning of the Reichstag was blamed on communist Jews.
The Founding Fathers of America penned the Constitution and separated Church and State so Christians could not repeat their European history of targeting non Christians with Immigration bans.
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Khalid Lateef. Are you saying you disagree with post? That the Koran.4;101 does not say we the n on Muslims are death enemies of the Muslims and Islam ect. What about all the reference to the Koran in my post. Does the Koran say this or not?