Posted on 07/02/2017 5:06:26 PM PDT by John Semmens
Iran, the world's top terror sponsor, expressed its "profound disappointment in the US Supreme Court's decision to allow the Trump Administration to reinstate its ban on travel from Muslim countries to the United States," and announced its appeal to the World Court at the Hague.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said "our appeal will be founded on the concept of fairness. The United States can project its military power around the world. It has the most weapons and the widest array of means with which to deliver them. Our only viable means of countering this is to infiltrate our warriors into America as refugees, immigrants, and visitors. If the battle for the future of the world is to be a fair one we cannot allow one side to neutralize opposition by such an inequitable policy."
American Civil Liberties Union spokesman Bertram Petty acknowledged that "Iran's case is innovative, but not without merit. Iran is a big underdog when matched against US military might. Their long-shot chance at victory hinges on their ability to smuggle jihadis and suicide bombers inside the US borders. If the Trump Administration's travel ban is allowed to stand Islam's odds of winning would be greatly diminished—perhaps impossible. I could easily see the World Court vacating the ban in order to produce a more level playing field."
CIA Director Mike Pompeo called Petty's speculations "insane. This is not some sporting contest where the winner gets a trophy. It is civilization against vicious murderers. Petty might just as well argue that home security systems unfairly deter or impede criminals from breaking into your home to rob, rape and murder you. The travel ban is a moderate countermeasure aimed at deterring and impeding terrorists who will not shy away from the most barbaric atrocities in their quest to impose their will on the world."
In related news, Canadian Member of Parliament Iqra Khalid introduced legislation that would outlaw anti-Muslim hate speech. "The conflict between Islam and the unbelievers is unnecessary," he argued. "The Quran commands all Muslims to respect every member of the faith. If we have laws that mandate that everyone refrain from expressing anti-Muslim views we will be one step closer to that joyful day when all share the same faith and we can all live in peace."
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,269780.0.html
“...we can all live in peace.”
The peace of the grave for us infidels, of course.
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