Hypocrisy in Action: ‘Obama Bombed Muslim Countries for Years, Trump Gets Blamed for Creating Radicalization’
SputnikNews.com
30.01.2017
Over the weekend, the Trump administration was forced to defend the President’s controversial travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries. Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham said the law would “help terrorist recruitment.” Speaking to Radio Sputnik, Middle East political commentator Seth Frantzman called this a case of hypocrisy in action.
On Saturday and Sunday, Trump officials defended the executive order on ‘Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States’, signed by the President on Friday. The law stipulates that people from seven Muslim-majority countries, including Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Sudan, Somalia and Yemen would be barred from Entering the United States.
On Sunday, Trump responded to intense criticism from officials in both parties, stressing that the restrictions were not about religion, but about the threat of terrorism and the need to keep America safe. “To be clear, this is not a Muslim ban, as the media is falsely reporting,” he said.
Also on Sunday, hawkish Republican senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham issued a joint statement, condemning the travel ban and suggesting that it would “help terrorist recruitment” and “become a self-inflicted wound in the fight against terrorism.”
Trump angrily responded on Twitter, saying that the senators’ comments were “wrong” and that they were “sadly weak on immigration.” McCain and Graham “should focus their energies on ISIS, illegal immigration and border security instead of always looking to start World War III,” the President quipped.
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