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Petraeus lectures on ‘Moral Obligations' |
2017-02-06 |
"There is an implicit moral obligation to those who share risk," Petraeus, a former CIA director, said at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. on Friday afternoon. "It's very important for the future as well." Petraeus made the remarks on the Special Immigrant Visa program for local translators in Iraq and Afghanistan who have aided the U.S. military amidst backlash over President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration. The order, unveiled last week, bars immigrants from seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the United States for at least 90 days. It immediately sparked outrage and confusion, particularly over whether it applied to individuals with green cards or special immigrant visas. The Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday that translators and interpreters who hold special immigrant visas would be exempt from the ban. The Pentagon welcomed that development on Thursday. |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#7 Too bad pencil skirts don't come with erasers. |
Posted by: charger 2017-02-06 19:04 |
#6 Hamstrung by some moral problems of his own, Pappy? |
Posted by: Bobby 2017-02-06 18:15 |
#5 Where was the good General on this between, say, 2008 and 2016? |
Posted by: Pappy 2017-02-06 17:45 |
#4 Why did Petraeus wait until Friday to mention this? The foot dragging on bringing local translators to the USA has been going on since about 2003. |
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2017-02-06 16:02 |
#3 Slick Willie aside, is it moral To blow off your friends who do oral? Much more, sez Petraeus, Should dumping dismay us Of mouths that adopted our quarrel. |
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2017-02-06 14:53 |
#2 But when he's right, he's right. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-02-06 13:24 |
#1 ...And Dave Petreaus knows from morals, you betcha. Mike |
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2017-02-06 12:21 |