January 28-30, 2017: President Trump Screws Our Muslim Allies

 

1/28/17: An incompetent rollout of a travel ban aimed at individuals from seven Muslim nations catches thousands in transit. This includes potential terrorists such as renowned doctors, students enrolled in U.S. universities (Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Texas A&M and others lodge protest) and Iraqis who  fought on the American side and are seeking asylum. An Iraqi general headed to the United States to talk strategy is blocked. With cuts to the number of refugees to be allowed to enter also ordered, Afghans who helped our military are told not to apply for visas. 

 

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NOTE TO TRUMP FANS: Did you know Iraqis and Afghans are U.S. allies? So are the Kurds. The Kurds are fighting hard to retake Mosul, a city held by ISIS. Almost all these people are Muslims. 

They’re on our side. (See: 2/23/17.)

Kurdish fighters have been invaluable to the U.S.

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1/29/17: In a surprise move, Trump appoints his favorite political strategist and Darth Vader aficionado Steve Bannon, to a seat on the National Security Council. 

One former GOP official speaks for many when he says he worries “life and death [decisions] for the people in uniform” might be “tainted” by political calculation. (See: 8/18/17.)

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1/30/17: Administration officials promise Trump will withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. Every conservative knows climate change is a fiction. So long as anyone can pack a snowball, what’s the problem? Besides, how bad could it be if leaders from only 175 countries signed the original agreement? 

You didn’t see Saudi Arabia giving in to peer pressure, did you? No you did not. (See: 4/17/17.)

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NOTE TO TRUMP FANS: The Saudis are U.S. allies. They’re Muslims. You can’t pretend all the Muslims in the world want to kill you. Like most Americans, most Muslims just want to lead happy lives.