Doc wrote:.
I was talking to a kid yesterday Who Ironically is Iranian Americans She was really angry about Trump repeating lie after lie about Trump and Immigrants. After a little while it turned out her mother, a naturalized citizen had gone to see family in Iran. Someone had told her that Trump wasn't going to let her mother return to the US. These anti-Trump folks are really cynical bastards that will do anything to destabilize this government of a democratically elected POTUS
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Chicago Tribune
He’s a bariatric surgeon with a large network of colleagues, patients and friends; he's married to an American woman and together they're the parents of three American-born children; and above all, he himself has dual citizenship in Iran and the United States and he has lived in the Chicago area for nearly four decades.
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.. visiting his 88-year-old mother ..
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"It’s really nice getting to the U.S., because when you come through the U.S., you know what they tell you? They just look at your passport and they say, ‘Welcome home, sir.’"
Something was different this time.
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"Typically (customs agents) are just wonderful in Chicago and I’m very proud of that," Heydari said. "They were still extremely nice and I felt they were even somewhat apologetic. That they did not feel comfortable asking these questions but they had to because the order comes from above."
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Through the recent visits to Iran this past decade, Heydari said he's noticed how much life has improved for average Iranians.
It was a surreal feeling speaking to his taxi driver, for example, about how freedoms are expanding in Iran but being taken away in the United States.
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"Things like this happened slowly there as well, little rights were taken away in the name of security. I'm worried this is just the beginning here," he said. "It does not surprise me that this happens in countries that have no human rights, like North Korea. It just surprises me that it's happened in the United States."
Heydari said he doesn't practice any religion and questioned whether the seven countries were selected simply because they are majority Muslim, and questioned why a country such as Saudi Arabia would be left off the list if this is strictly for safety's sake, since many of the terrorists in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks were from Saudi Arabia.
"I understand when they say it's about security, of course, but it's hard when it happens to you. How do they know what religion I am? They don't. So what will they get wrong about you and what price will you have to pay for it?"
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"The United States is the greatest country in the world with regards to many things – particularly our freedoms – and if we have started enacting such oppressive laws in this country, how will we be viewed by other countries?" Heydari asked. "You can’t have the greatest country in the world go down this path."
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Doc, you should be happy, cheer Az, for AZ pointing all this to you .. am sure you want America to be great again, do you remember when it was against the law a policeman asking "where you coming from" ? .. now American citizens have to endure what this American bariatric surgeon had to endure.
What makes America great is not bullying VW to built car in US and not in Mexico (doing that openly on TV), but back to American value and greatness of 1950's & 60's.
Is it not shameful to hear from an American bariatric surgeon that Iran now becoming freer than America ?
You should join AZ pointing to damage all this inflicting to American "world standing" .. imagine Trump now visiting oversea world conferences standing next to Philippine, Indonesia, India, China, Brazil, Merkel, May, Hollande, etc leaders, having lost the moral high ground .. he no leader of free world, maybe standing next to Rodrigo Duterte.
Why ? America spent trillions of Dollars and so much sacrifice to show real American values, and now this.
If American intention is confronting our beloved Persia, this the silliest approach .. now, publicly, Europe has sided with Iran, EU foreign minister Federica Mogherini confirmed EU is with Iran :
We will stand by Iran deal, says EU foreign affairs chief
mad mullahs winning by pulling Europe away from America .. China, Russia, 3rd world already on Iranian side .. even May might flip .. mad mullahs achieved diplomatic victory.
Trump is not knowledgable about world, his team absolute illiterate in world affaires, his friends "Giuliani & Bolton" weirdos .. this could lead to disaster.
My senses says, Trump played by Pat Robertson folks .. the RUPTURE people .. these people not even Christian in sense of Jesus.
America in a crisis .. dramatically divided, dramatically armed .. any wise president must unite America, Trump doubling down on wounds
Clash of civilization, fighting Islam , same conspiracy as fighting communism was .. just to fool Joe
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