According to the article, it was comments from a single person, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
This. He has every reason to be supportive and really no reason to be against it. I don't have an issue with Trump's Immigration EO, but this guys statement is not a vindication of the criticism.
Hey dumbass, Trump is the one who called it a Muslim ban. So that's what it's being called. The left didn't frame anything.
I see your point. A Muslim coming out in defense is a positive for Trump. My point is that the this guy (and the UAE) have no reason to object even if it was a "Muslim ban". They benefit at the expense of the other countries in the area. He's not an unbiased observer.
I agree it's an EO based upon regional security and political interests. I just don't think a spokesman from the UAE, even though he's Muslim, refutes the criticism. He (and his country) benefits from the EO and has reason to keep it alive.
Yeah but you don't drink the camel semen ipa while wearing clown makeup so your opinion isn't relevant *
...and this is why you are a very poor debater. You don't even realize when you're putting up a shitstain of an argument. A guy who sells arms to middle eastern despots is trying to tell us how we need to protect ourselves from Muslims. Classic.
That is the funniest post I've seen on these boards in some time, chemmie telling someone they are a poor debater.
It doesn't matter what influence he has; if there's a conflict of interest, you have to question his motives. UAE imports $23 Billion from the US annually while only exporting $3 Billion. They don't want to piss us off and jeopardize the relationship. If this was someone from say Egypt, where the economic reliance isn't as great, I'd see it as a better argument.
He stated he was going to implement a Muslim ban years ago as soon as he was in office. Did he modify it yes. Now he bans Muslims from certain countries. He isn't banning people from all the countries of the world with instability.
Accepting immigrants does not mean an open border free for all. We are still the most prosperous nation and our bottom 10% make more than most of the world. You can't be the most desirable location and have unfettered access. It just won't work in the medium-long term. Revamping immigration is not a racist or xenophobic thing to do, it's a necessity for long term economic success of our existing lower class.
I'd really like to see an experiment where they auction off Visas to employers. Have a low skill labor pool and a high skill labor pool with the employers bidding for the opportunity to hire the immigrants. It guarantees immigrants get in demand jobs that are not filled with domestic applicants. Structure it with a term, say 3 years, and if the immigrant retains a job and does not get into trouble they get a direct and easy route to citizenship. Of course there's still the political jockeying of how many Visas to put up for auction in each category but it could work.
Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on.
He's calling for a complete shutdown of immigration from 7 countries which amounts to about 12% of the world's Muslims. That is very different than your statement.
