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Fifteen of the nineteen hijackers on September 11th were from Saudi Arabia. Now, anyone with Saudi nationality gets to bypass normal customs procedures when entering the US, a privilege we do not yet extend to Germany, France, or Israel to name a few. Napolitano cited "the bond" between the two countries when explaining the policy change. The United States throws this gesture to the Saudis as a show of loyalty in return for their ever needed participation in the petrodollar scheme.
I read that this morning. Mexico is already on that special list.
Real oxymoron here. Between drug cartels and terrorists we're keeping Britain and France on that "be on the lookout" list while letting people from Mexico and Saudi Arabia just walk on by.
It's strange how The Department of Homeland Security and Department of Defense contradict eachother. According to Napolitano I am a potential domestic terrorist. Why? Because I am a veteran of the U.S. military, I believe and cite the Constitution, I have a religion, and I am white. They say that urban warfare is the new battlefield and are training our troops accordingly.
On the other hand, Department of Defense states that Al Qaeda is still a threat to democracy and freedom everywhere, and now we are beefing up our presence in Africa, hence AFRICOM, while still maintaining our stance in the middle east and fighting like hell to stay in Afghanistan.
The OP seems to be intentionally distorting the nature of the program. It is not a blanket preference for anyone from the covered countries, it is a program that allows people in those countries to sign up for prescreening and thereby qualify for this lower scrutiny upon entry into the United States.
If you want to start a debate about whether it should be expanded to other countries, fine, but if you want to argue that this means that anyone from Saudi Arabia qualifies to enter the United States without inspection, etc., you're dead wrong.
The OP seems to be intentionally distorting the nature of the program. It is not a blanket preference for anyone from the covered countries, it is a program that allows people in those countries to sign up for prescreening and thereby qualify for this lower scrutiny upon entry into the United States.
If you want to start a debate about whether it should be expanded to other countries, fine, but if you want to argue that this means that anyone from Saudi Arabia qualifies to enter the United States without inspection, etc., you're dead wrong.
Yes - we are all aware, aren't we, that this would only apply to Saudis "who have undergone a thorough vetting process -- fingerprinting, background checks, interviews with customs agents, etc.", not all Saudis.
This will probably apply for the most part to the Saudi elite: members of the dynasty, army officers, other officials who do not already have diplomatic status, business leaders, etc.
Fifteen of the nineteen hijackers on September 11th were from Saudi Arabia. Now, anyone with Saudi nationality gets to bypass normal customs procedures when entering the US, a privilege we do not yet extend to Germany, France, or Israel to name a few. Napolitano cited "the bond" between the two countries when explaining the policy change. The United States throws this gesture to the Saudis as a show of loyalty in return for their ever needed participation in the petrodollar scheme.
The only Saudis who have money to travel are from wealthy families. There is such income inequality in that country, but they keep the lid tight by subsidizing food etc.
In other words, few Saudis are probably going to stay in the USA illegally.
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