Posted by Tina
Whatever happens in our courts over the temporary immigration pause, opinions will remain negative in radical left circles. Staunch lefties begin every thought in their heads with, “Trump is wrong and evil, therefore…blah, blah, blah….”
I’m sure our readers know that is not the consensus opinion of most Americans who back the President’s temporary ban. But it may surprise some to discover that opinion about the ban is solidly behind Trump in the Middle East:
Critics of President Trump’s temporary travel ban on seven Muslim nations should remember the Chinese proverb, “Kill the chicken and let the monkey watch.”
The much-criticized measure was a warning to the governments of the Gulf States, Turkey and Pakistan, who walk a fine line between support for Western counter-terrorism efforts and concessions to jihadists. It has had precisely the result that the White House intended, as a Dubai security official indicated on January 29. As Reuters’ Zawya.com reported:
Dubai’s deputy chief of police and public security, Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, has praised US President Donald Trump’s recent decision to temporarily ban citizens from seven Muslim-majority states, saying in a series of tweets it was a ‘preventive measure’ to safeguard the country.
Kudos to President Trump for his brave decisions… they (these people) can only be dealt with through preventive measures,” he said in an Arabic-language tweet dated January 29 on his official Twitter account. …
… Counter-terrorism officials in Muslim countries contending with a jihadist minority view Trump as an ally against their domestic enemies.
More importantly, Trump has suddenly won admiration in Erdoganist circles in Turkey, who held the Obama administration in contempt. Writing in Al-Monitor, Hurriyet Daily News columnist Mustafa Aykol reports that Trump is the hero of the pro-government press, despite (or perhaps because of) the immigration halt. …
… Daily Sabah columnist Hilal Kaplan wrote in a Turkish-language commentary that “the American president who is responsible for destabilizing the seven banned Muslim nations was none other than former President Barack Obama. It was of course bad that American Muslims were in trouble, but what really mattered were ‘Muslims in our region.'”
Obama helped overthrow Libya’s leader Muamar Qadaffi and Egypt’s President Mubarak, and backed Syrian jihadists against the Assad government with just enough firepower to keep the civil war going without a hope of finishing it. The US allowed the Sunni extremists who formed ISIS to operate undisturbed in the hope of directing them against Assad – a point made forcefully by Gen. Michael Flynn, head of the Defense Intelligence Agency under Obama and now Trump’s National Security adviser.
The Obama administration’s dalliance with jihadists of various stripes helped throw the region into chaos, and contributed to the humanitarian catastrophe in Syria which has killed half a million civilians and displaced perhaps ten million. These problems turned up on Turkey’s doorstep, literally so in the case of the two million Syrian refugees now housed in Turkish refugee camps. The Syrian Civil War also raised the prospect of an independent Kurdish entity on Turkey’s border with Syria linking up with the Kurdish autonomous zone in Iraq. That is Erdogan’s nightmare: the Kurdish-majority provinces in Turkey’s southeast have a far higher fertility rate than ethnic Turks. Demographic pressures are a serious long-term threat to Turkey’s territorial integrity, as I reported in Asia Times last year.
Turkey also suspects that the Obama administration gave aid and comfort to the military coup plotters of July 2016, who appeared inspired by the rogue Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen. I doubt that Obama helped instigate the coup, but the Gülenists had some backing in the US intelligence community, as I reported here. Erdogan’s turn towards Moscow in the aftermath of the coup was motivated in part by his distrust of Washington, and Gen. Flynn has been at pains to return Turkey to the NATO fold.
I urge anyone who cares about this issue to read the entire article, “Why Middle Eastern nations support Trump’s immigration halt,” by Spengler writing for Asia Times.
Try again, Look at the relationships of these people to certain political figures and follow the money.
The Middle East does not see the USA as some kind of honorable country. Fact is we created and funded the rebels – ISIS Al queida ect ect.
Endless wars for profits. We are one big oil and gas company with an army. Yet these companies claim citizenship in a different countries for each legal need.
We created the Refugees. We are the evil and with Trunps instability many are considering the USA the biggest threat to Europe. They are correct.
Now look at the Ban, People with Visas arrested? Ect ect
We held the former PM of Norway because he visited Iran a few years ago as a Head of state? Like that was his job? IDIOTS are running the border white nationalists
Why not talk about this Fake Kellyanne Bowling Green Massacre? The Incompetency of this Administrations first mission in Yemen?
And no mention of the Canadian Trump Supporter who shot down the Mosque in Quebec?
You are going to back yourself into a corner. This admin is a danger to the world. He must be impeached. You have no worries. Kochbot woman hater Pence will become President.
How about taxpayers spending almost 100K on Secret service hotels and food so Eric Trump could go on a Business trip to make Trumps company deals?
Oh yes and Hey we rolled back the rules for mentally ill people ….Go get a gun schizophrenia? No Problem!
hey Coal Ash Pollution? hey dump all ya want into the rivers Drinking Water is not a right. Screw Life! Profit First!
You whine and moan about golf games? trump is always on the course!
Mar largo doubling the membership Fee to $200K. Hum what would that get someone? The second white house as Trump calls it… PAY to PLAY at a level that surpasses Hillary Clinton’s corruption.
Why is everything you concentrate on about Race? Religion?
And why do you skip over all the corruption
This man is having tantrums on the phone with other countries? Threatened Mexico? France? ect ect
He Must GO
Trump has been in office two weeks. You are hysterical, Dewey.
All you do is vomit conspiracy and lunacy. And you certainly don’t speak for everyone in the ME. Obviously those quoted DO support our president and are happy that the former administrations term has ended!
You still have not offered solutions to the problems you spewAe. Got any ideas other than rioting in the streets and destroying the property of your fellow citizens?
“Radical left circles?” The judge who overturned the law is a Bush appointee. Stop calling everyone even who disagrees with you a “radical leftist.”
Of course, the toddler you elected president had to call him a “so-called judge” on Twitter. He must be really humiliated. And so early in his presidency, too.
We saw this coming. Why couldn’t you?
So some Middle Eastern dictators are in favor of the ban? Ok. You know who else celebrated the ban? ISIS.
You are commenting on the wrong thread…try again.
Huh? You said… “Whatever happens in our courts over the temporary immigration pause, opinions will remain negative in radical left circles.” That’s what I was replying to.
I didn’t say the judge was a radical lefty.
I wrote: “Whatever happens in our courts over the temporary immigration pause, opinions will remain negative in radical left circles.
Do you disagree that in radical left circles opinions will remain negative regardless the outcome in the courts?
Trump called the judge a “so-called” judge because he was not, in Trumps advised opinion, acting on legal grounds but on political grounds. Trump, the “toddler” has quite a bit of weight behind his opinion. The lawyers arguing on the side of the states cited no precedence in their arguments and, according to many legal eagles don’t have standing to bring a case.
The fact that this judge is a Bush appointee is irrelevant. Judges are not chosen by political affiliation but according to their credentials and record.
Off topic.
Dems in Congress have more major problems. Hired IT workers for members on highly classified committees fired.
EXCLUSIVE: House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs Committee Members Compromised By Rogue IT Staff
“Three brothers who managed office information technology for members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and other lawmakers were abruptly relieved of their duties on suspicion that they accessed congressional computers without permission.
Brothers Abid, Imran, and Jamal Awan were barred from computer networks at the House of Representatives Thursday, The Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group has learned.
Three members of the intelligence panel and five members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs were among the dozens of members who employed the suspects on a shared basis. The two committees deal with many of the nation’s most sensitive issues and documents, including those related to the war on terrorism.
Also among those whose computer systems may have been compromised is Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Florida Democrat who was previously the target of a disastrous email hack when she served as chairman of the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 campaign.
The brothers are suspected of serious violations, including accessing members’ computer networks without their knowledge and stealing equipment from Congress.
Jamal handled IT for Rep. Joaquin Castro, a Texas Democrat who serves on both the intelligence and foreign affairs panels.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/04/exclusive-house-intelligence-it-staffers-fired-in-computer-security-probe/#ixzz4XmiF8cyi
Wow…double wow… is there no end to the stuck on stupid syndrome that seems to be infecting democrats? How in the heck could such a thing have happened? Thanks Peggy.
When I read this my first thought was it was fake news so I did a search to see how many and who else had reported on it. There were zero articles.
But, something rang true, so I went back and read it again and realized the writer named names, lots of names and the title said “Exclusive”. “Unknown sources” was not the provider of the information provided. Real names, where they worked and what they did was.
It will be interesting to see if today the media picks up the story and runs with it. It will be more interesting to see who in the media will. But, with Super Bowl and the 9th circuit court news today I doubt it. Maybe Monday?
I imagine we’ll hear more only after an investigation turns up evidence that can be prosecuted beyond just the hacking.