Trump Administration Adds Six More Countries to Travel Ban (Israel, Afghanistan, suspect)

[Scooby Snacks]

Nigeria? These countries are our allies. This travel ban makes little sense.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/u...gtype=Homepage

[boneyard1962]

Nigeria, Myanmar, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Sudan and Tanzania

Myanmar is an ally? That is news to me.
Sudan?
Kyrgyzstan ?
Tanzania?

Just because we talk to them doesn't make them an ally.

At any rate as a nation we are perfectly within our rights to ban people from nations we feel are a threat.

I would add, China, Russia, Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia to the list

[prospectheightsresident]

I trust the administration over Democrats on this.

[Scooby Snacks]

Originally Posted by boneyard1962

Nigeria, Myanmar, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Sudan and Tanzania

Myanmar is an ally? That is news to me.
Sudan?
Kyrgyzstan ?
Tanzania?

Just because we talk to them doesn't make them an ally.

At any rate as a nation we are perfectly within our rights to ban people from nations we feel are a threat.

I would add, China, Russia, Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia to the list

You feel everyone from another country is a threat? It must suck to be you.

[T-310]

Originally Posted by Scooby Snacks

Nigeria? These countries are our allies. This travel ban makes little sense.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/u...gtype=Homepage

The ban works for me.

[bus man]

Originally Posted by Scooby Snacks

Nigeria? These countries are our allies. This travel ban makes little sense.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/u...gtype=Homepage

Nigeria is a tough one in my mind. The people of the largely Christian south are on our side, but there is a whole lot of terrorism (ever hear of Boko Haram?) emanating out of the largely Muslim north. I suspect what we're really trying to do is prevent radical Muslims from entering the U.S. without having to say so (and thus inflame the righteous indignation of their fellow traveling liberals), so in order to get around this, we have to make our friends in the south suffer.

Maybe the ban could have been applied only to those Nigerian states that are predominantly Muslim, but maybe they decided that this would be unworkable.

[littletraveller]

Originally Posted by Scooby Snacks

You feel everyone from another country is a threat? It must suck to be you.

He didn't say that.

[jjbradleynyc]

Originally Posted by Scooby Snacks

Nigeria? These countries are our allies. This travel ban makes little sense.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/u...gtype=Homepage

I wouldn't call Nigeria an "ally," necessarily. There are a lot of terrorist threats that come out of that country, namely Boko Haram.

Lots of countries on the travel bans mean Americans face a risk of kidnapping in those countries, as well.

[Clarallel]

Originally Posted by Scooby Snacks

Nigeria? These countries are our allies. This travel ban makes little sense.

You expect sense? From Trump?

He was already extorting "favors" from Ukraine, which was one of our allies. He has insulted heads of state from countries which are our allies. This is the abnormal way that Trump acts.

[No_Recess]

Originally Posted by Scooby Snacks

Nigeria? These countries are our allies. This travel ban makes little sense.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/u...gtype=Homepage

Afghanistan and Pakistan didn't make the original or updated list.

You'd think with Trump murdering babies in those two places like it's a bodily function actors within those states would be likely to seek revenge by coming to the U.S. and reeking havoc.