Demonstrating their press management skills, one of Meriam Ibrahim's kindly Sudanese jailers feeds 20-month-old Martin Wani, the son of a US citizen, a bottle of orange soda. Then they take him back to his cell.
Posted on 05/27/2014 3:17:05 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Last week, I wrote about Meriam Ibrahim, the pregnant Christian woman sentenced to death by Judge Abbas Mohammed al-Khalifa in Khartoum for the crime of "apostasy". Before she dies, she'll receive a bonus 100 lashes for "adultery". Being a merciful man, His Honor announced he would let the convicted criminal give birth to her child before he hanged her.
Today, in a filthy, disease-ridden Sudanese prison Meriam was delivered of a baby girl, whom she has named Maya.
I have described Meriam as, de facto, an "American-in-waiting". That's to say, the grant of citizenship to the spouse of an American is essentially non-discretionary - notwithstanding that the sclerotic US bureaucracy takes years to process it. And Meriam's husband is a US citizen, resident in my state: Daniel Wani of Manchester, New Hampshire has been an American since 2005. As I've said, all the President has to do is take five minutes out of his busy schedule to call the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services and instruct them to make Mrs Wani a US citizen now. And then he can pose with a #BringBackOurGirl hashtag, and it will be legally binding.
But what of this latest member of the unfortunate Wani family? Maya, like her 20-month old brother Martin, is the child of a US citizen, and therefore a US citizen, too. That's to say, they are as American as Barack Obama, who, like Maya and Martin, is the child of one American parent and one African parent. Or - if you want to be bipartisan about it - as American as Ted Cruz.
Yet these two American infants are currently walled up in that Sudanese prison - in dirty, unsanitary and health-endangering conditions. In Mitchel P Roth's Prisons And Prison Systems: A Global Encyclopedia, it's described as follows:
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Demonstrating their press management skills, one of Meriam Ibrahim's kindly Sudanese jailers feeds 20-month-old Martin Wani, the son of a US citizen, a bottle of orange soda. Then they take him back to his cell.
Amazing. That kid looks frightened.
Still, why is Mark Steyn always snarking about Ted Cruz’ citizenship?
They are both sons of Canada?
shhhhh…..dont’ tell anyone…..but he has some little inner establishment demons that creep out just every now and then…….shhhhhh…...
Well, he’s just such a great wit, but he sure has a snark for our good Senator
Barak Obama doesn’t care about Christians
Reminds me of the propaganda photos Saddam Hussein used to take with children.
It’s creepy. where is the Administration on this? Maybe she could claim Mexican heritage.
Honor to the woman who refuses to save her life by converting back to Islam.
She must have stronger beliefs than a lot of Americans...
Oh yes
Well, that’s what we are called to do
It’s very hard on the kids, though, so where is the administration on these American kids and their mom?
It is a very sad situation
The child may look scared because I’m guessing he and his Dad are surrounded by unfamiliar adults in uniforms with everbody looking sad and very serious. Reflecting what he’s looking at.
Wouldn’t it be strange if Putin and his Merry Band of Ruskies came to their rescue, safely removing this woman and her family, destroying Boko Harem as well?. The catch is they would be safe, yes, but used as propaganda tools. Obama would be LIVID with rage. “We All Rescued That Family! Putin didn’t do it alone!”. There are many opportunites for daring and heroic action right now, if nation leaders choose to accept them.
“....the grant of citizenship to the spouse of an American is essentially non-discretionary - notwithstanding that the sclerotic US bureaucracy takes years to process it. And Meriam’s husband is a US citizen, resident in my state: Daniel Wani of Manchester, New Hampshire has been an American since 2005. As I’ve said, all the President has to do is take five minutes out of his busy schedule to call the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services and instruct them to make Mrs Wani a US citizen now. And then he can pose with a #BringBackOurGirl hashtag, and it will be legally binding.”
How can we get hundreds of thousands to contact the White House about this? It’s such a no-brainer, what must be done kind of thing. What must we do to shame him (oh, I know, he has no shame, but...)into doing the right thing?
One man's "snark" is another man's factual observation........Snort!
Obama doesn’t care about anyone who’s not a communist, marxist, socialist, “progressive”, rich white donor, or dumb as dogshit (i.e. his voters).
I wish the Pope would speak up about this. She said she’d rather die than convert back to being a muslim.
The Obama administration hasn’t uttered a word.
yes, he is a great wit, talented guy……that’s why so few are willing to call him when he swerves off the path (which is rare, but it does happen).
According to her own testimony, she has *never* been a muslim, and has always been an Orthodox Christian, since her birth. How then, can she 'convert' back to what she never was to start with?
the infowarrior
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