Just last Friday, January 27, 2017, President Donald Trump of the United States, issued an executive order banning travel to the United States from seven majority Muslim countries. These countries are; Somalia, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan and Yemen.
Oddly, these nations were identified as “countries of concern” by the Obama administration. Notice that Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are NOT on the list.
On September 11, 2001 were the attacks in the United States by Nineteen men, affiliated with al-Qaeda. Of these Nineteen, Fifteen were citizens of Saudi Arabia, and the others were Two from the United Arab Emirates, one from Egypt and one from Lebanon.
None of these countries are on the ‘LIST’.
Since September 11, there have been twelve lethal terrorist attacks in the United States.
- Three are African-Americans
- Three are from families that hailed originally from Pakistan
- Two came from Russia as children
- One was US-born and descended from family that emigrated from the Palestinian Territories
- One emigrated from Egypt and carried out an attack a decade after arriving
- One each had families that originally came from Kuwait and Afghanistan
None of these countries are on the travel ban list.
Only one terrorist who immigrated to the United States as an adult, and that is Tashfeen Malik. She was born in Pakistan. She came to the United States on a K-1 visa (for spouses of American citizens) in July 2014. She obtained her green card a year later.
Then she and her husband killed Fourteen people in San Bernardino, California.
As stated before; Pakistan is NOT on the List.
Osama Bin Laden, was a Saudi national. He is attributed with a number of deadly acts of terrorism, including the 1998 bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and, of course, the September 11, 2001 attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center.
He had been on the FBI’s “most wanted” list for more than a decade. He went to Afghanistan, and then to Pakistan, where he lived comfortably for many years until he was killed by Navy Seals in 2011.
Yet, neither Saudi Arabia nor Pakistan is on the List.
The question is ; Does Trump have business dealings with wealthy Saudis? Does he have business in Saudi Arabia? And what is his link with Pakistan?
Questions will be answered in time.
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I don't disagree with the list of countries. I only agree ~ scratch that ~ I am only not arguing about or even discussing the ban because the POTUS said it is just for 90 days.
I don't agree with your questions at all. Not saying they shouldn't be asked. It's just not questions I would ask. Actually, I don't really have any questions because ... Trump said 90 days! It's his timetable or timeline. He set it.
Evidently at the end of that period uuumm ________. What goes in that blank? Oh! I know! What's everybody's favorite words these days? “Wait and see!!”
Considering the 9/11 terrorists came from Saudi Arabia, why isn't that country on the List? What about Pakistan? Afghanistan?
As far the Executive Order is concerned we have to observe that it has got a life of 90 days only ie., just 3 months. The list of countries with Muslim majority included in it are 7. Unfortunately or otherwise, the list excludes the names of Saudi Arabia and also Egypt. Why the names have been excluded whether it is deliberate or an act of 'oversight' can not be said basing on the fact that Mr. Trump is a business man. We can not say that he has got business interest in his hotels and does require the patronage of the Saudi king. Had it been so, the name of Egypt is also not on the list. Egypt is under a brutal dictator. The leader of 9/11 attackers was an Egyptian. Has he to learn anything from him? A big question. Does he require a warm relationship with the General Abdel Fattah? The chances are remote for conclusions to arrive at.
But, we should not forget to observe that the names of the 7 countries included in the list were already flagged by Mr. Obama's Administration titled under 'COUNTRIES OF CONCERN'.
Why has Mr.Obama not issued an Executive Order like Mr. Donald Trump is not known?
Has he dodged the action?
Was he not interested in furthering action?
Didn't Obama like to face a delicate situation by issuing an order like his successor?
Is Mr. Obama really heartened by the Immigration Ban Order of Mr. Trump as expressed in his first statement after leaving the office?
Is Mr. Donald overenthusiastic in passing the order?
These are the mutable points before arriving at any decision as there are no conclusive evidence to attribute reasons for eliminating the names of Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
Trump has interests in Saudi Arabia. He admitted such during the campaign. He has business connections in other places, so one can not shrug and assume an 'oversight'. That these countries were 'flagged' ought have been examined as to why.