Posted on 12/20/2025 12:36:55 PM PST by yesthatjallen
The actions of one man charged with a heinous crime have derailed the lawful U.S. immigration applications of people from 19 countries, with more potentially added in the coming weeks.
The crime, of course, was the horrific and targeted attack on National Guard members Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe last month in Washington, D.C. It was unconscionable and caused Beckstrom’s death. Terrorism, hate, and barbaric acts of violence have no place in any civilized society. This is a universal truth held by billions of people around the world regardless of faith, nationality, gender, or culture.
Like Americans, many Afghans – especially those resettled in the United States – are outraged and feel deeply betrayed by the shooter’s depraved attack. Having experienced decades of instability in their homeland, they know the devastating and far-reaching effects of evil and brutality wherever it occurs. That the alleged shooter was an Afghan national who worked with the CIA, resettled in America after the 2021 evacuation of Afghanistan, and received asylum approval this year makes it worse for them.
The U.S. government has decided to pause and reexamine immigration applications from Afghanistan and a number of other places following the shooting.
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(Excerpt) Read more at bushcenter.org ...
The U.S. spent billions to rebuild Afghanistan. Was it successful?
December 20, 2025
“a two-decade long effort fraught with waste.”
Nation building was always a mistake. Cut our losses.
True.
A final report on 20 years of Afghanistan Reconstruction finds billions in waste
December 19, 2025
They shouldn’t be here anyways
Short answer. Yes.
Let’s find out after the last one leaves.
Not just because of the one guy’s crimes, but for a thousand other reasons in addition.
Send them back to fix their own country. If they are Christians being persecuted I can see accepting them -conditionally. Otherwise, no way.
It’s not just one.
FUGB
Not just one. The Bush Center conveniently forgets about the one in Fairfax, Va last April who was killed pulling a gun on cops during a traffic stop and his tirade against the US.
The article is from the George W. Bush Presidential Center.
That alone speaks volumes. W is the idiot that decided to nation-build in a country stuck in the 8th century. But it gets worse. W decided to start another war (in Iraq) while still engaged in Afghanistan.
Others might disagree. But I put W as one our nation’s three worst presidents - the other two being Wilson and LBJ. We will be paying for W’s follies for generations to come.
With them, I don’t think it’s a matter of “if”. With them, it’s a matter of “when” they will become torpedoes.
Enough with these Longhouse Karens.
Get them out of public policy.
EVERYONE needs to be extensively vetted. If we cannot, why chance it?
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