So why’d bush increase immigration from Saudi after 9/11?
Cause he's secretly a muslim and wanted to pave the way for the new caliphate! (Rolling eyes)
Are you forgetting exactly who it was that Reagan used to drive the Soviets into bankruptcy?
Actually, I was in the US Embassy in Moscow in the Fall of 1993, (think Bill Clinton), when the biggest INS demographic shift toward the Middle East in our history took place.
To do so, we had to significantly reduce the number of visas issued to other regions of the world.
Many European and Asian immigrant and student visas were actually cancelled, who had been waiting for visas into the US, as our new policy was to replace them with immigrants and students from about 20 countries from the Middle East. These new locations were listed by name. While it certainly did not stop all issuance of visas to other parts of the world, it was a huge stated policy shift.
This was largely believed at the time, by government and non-government employees, to be reckless and dangerous.
I specifically remember conversations with US and foreign diplomats who were alarmed, specifically about xxterrorismx and the real motives of those we were now going to admit into the US and Europe. Some theorized we may have been admitting more fascist and ideological apposing individuals into the west to steer the US and our government into a different direction.
After what we have now experienced and are experiencing, that would be a gross understatement.