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Re:Welcome, ACLU by spaginal on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @03:12PM (#13534748)
I don't disagree, but the chaos from Trump declaring Saudi Arabia, a current strategic ally in the region both for material resources and military cooperation, would be on a scale that no one here would like to pick up the pieces from.

We deal with a lot of countries around the world that do things we don't like, we don't have to like it, but diplomacy and politics are messy and require compromise in situations where it's a better choice versus the alternative.

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Re:Welcome, ACLU by santoshalper on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @04:29PM (#13535428)
Round and round you go with circular logic and rationalizations. This is at best security theater and a dumb executive order designed to appeal to emotion rather than reason. That's putting aside any ethical considerations. You can keep trying to sell it, but nobody with a brain is buying it.
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Re:Welcome, ACLU by adrr on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @05:29PM (#13535935)
Banning Iran, Boeing will probably lose a $16 billion contract over it. Ban doesn't seem to be well thought out.
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