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Canadian Govt Issues Travel Advisory On USA
- Thread starter ThePresence
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FoBoT
No Lifer
guess they don't know what sleeper cells are :/
ThePresence
Elite Member
So big deal, we did something dumb. It's not a reason to issue a frigging travel advisory!
Why exactly is that not enough of a reason to issue a travel advisory? I think the threat of having your citizens deported to places that aren't thier homes is a pretty serious issue. It would be irresponsible for the Canadian government not to warn its citizens of a possibility like that.
I guarantee you if say for example Britian decided to deport a dual US/Iraqi citizen who lived in the US to Iraq thier would be some freaking travel advisories issued. Whoever was responsible for that should be fired.
EDIT: Also remember that the Canadians have warships out in the Gulf of Oman boarding ships looking for Al Qaeda while Canadian troops fought and died side by side with Americans in Afghanistan, some at the hands of criminally negligant American pilots (an incident for which no senior American officials publicly apologized for for almost 48 hours). I think thier citizens deserve a little better than this sort of BS. We need all the friends we can get in this world, and this sort of BS and the attitudes that allow it to happen is not going to strengthen our position in the world.
ThePresence
Elite Member
All I'm saying is that I believe it was a dumb mistake, not US immigration policy. If it is, I stand corrected. I agree, he should be fired and he probably was already.
It was a bit more than a dumb mistake. Arar's (the Syrian-born Canadian citizen) citizenship was ignored, he was deported to Syria (a country he has not lived in since high school), and Canadian authorities were not notified until after the fact. Arar has not been heard from since. The "suspicions" that caused the US to deport Arar were already looked into by Canadian authorities over a month ago, and it was determined that Arar had no ties to terrorists.
edit: source
ThePresence
Elite Member
Why would the US deport a harmless guy to Syria just because he was born there if it wasn't a mistake? What would the motivation be? Just to piss off the canadians? I'm not trying to defend what they did, but I can see why the US would not be willing to trust another country's assurances that the guy is harmless, and would rather do their own homework. Who knows, maybe the guy really was involved in something? Maybe the US found something that the Canadians missed? I certainly don't know, but I don't think they would do something like that PURPOSELY if they had no reason to. Either it was a dumb mistake or they actually had a reason.
PsychoAndy
Lifer
so? it's not a trade embargo or anything. oooh wow, canada is warning its middle eastern citizens to beware going into the US, for good reason. big deal.
MercenaryForHire
Lifer
Yeah, travel advisory like "Please refrain from visiting Britian until our bombing campaign has ceased." I'm sure that the decision certainly wasn't made by some racist KKK wannabe redneck who happened to score a three-digit income job as an airport bagmonkey and wanted to take out his inner rage on some poor guy who happened to fit a stereotype. </rant>
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