I never said Muslims shouldnt be allowed to come in to the country. I said people from countries harboring anti American terrorists ought not come here. A ban on such individuals is very sensible as it enables us to remain in a secure homeland. There is much less risk of people remaining in their terrorist ridden countries causing harm on us than if they were actually here on American soil. Youre kind of limited in what you can do to Americans in America if youre physically in Libya for example. No one is saying it is a ban on a certain religion, I mean, theres no way to even prove that the person is a follower of such religion, they could just lie when they are being vetted. A country ban is easily more practical.
Wouldnt people fleeing persecution be on a refugee vetting multi year long process anyway?
Would that include Christians as well? Or are they okay just because they're not Muslims? That's a ridiculous and dumb view. If Muslims and Christians need to seek asylum here, then they should be allowed to. Same goes for any religion. We are in more danger from Christians and homegrown citizens than we are from refugees, who are vetted very well, and anyone else. More Americans have died by white Christian men's hands than Muslims' or radical Islamists'. Does that mean we should ban white men or Christians?
Instead of making up stuff, share proof that refugees are dangerous, or more dangerous than Americans. It's a ban on Muslims, and it's obvious.
And no, you are not limited. What stops North Korea from dropping a bomb on us? What stops Nazis from hijacking a plane and throwing it straight at a US skyscraper?
Yes it is, which is why we're very safe from refugees and why we need not fear anything. No terrorist would ever think about entering this country as a refugee, it's easier to do so on visas. Refugees themselves can tell you how hard it is to get an entry, and why no terrorist would ever choose a path where they're most likely to fail. If we had this kind of vetting process for people who want to buy guns, we'd be safer.
How is it not a preventative measure? It certainly isn't one based on something that has already happened in the US. I feel like we're arguing over semantics here because you think I'm somehow justifying it. I'm not, I'm merely stating what it exist(ed) to do, prevent a terrorist act. I was never arguing over whether it made any sense or not. It's obviously clear now that the White House didn't even bother conferring with the State Department before signing it.
The countries mentioned in the ban are either poorer and less influential predominantly muslim countries and/or countries the US has very little political or economic ties to. The ones notably absent are also ones that Trump has business ties to, but the same could be said of a dozen other 1%ers. The only notable exception is probably Egypt. So a Trump supporter could see this and think "ah, he's finally doing something!", when in reality the policy here is rather status quo in regards to who our allies are and who aren't. The glaring weakness of it is the chaos it created, because the people in the White House are negligent and inept, and that could have been predicted months and months ago. The fact that it didn't hold up to legal scrutiny either isn't surprising either.
We already have a preventative measure in vetting, and it's been 99% effective, at the very least. I'm disagreeing that the goal was to serve as a preventative measure.
The countries mentioned in the ban are also the countries that saw little to no violence towards Americans, if sources are correct.
Saudi Arabia gets special treatment just like Israel, standard US foreign policy nothing to see here.
Forgot the specifics, but they say it's not the same at all.
But yesterday there was a terror strike in North American soil by someone from one of the countries in that region.
IF you're talking about the Quebec mosque attack, that was done by a white Canadian nationalist. Once again proving that white people and Christians can be just as much terrorist as Muslims. If you were aware, you'd also realize far more white people have committed acts of terrorism than Muslims.