cacman wrote:Guess I never realized we had such a financial dependance on West Affrica and it's air travel
You're a freakin idiot if you support NOT putting in a travel ban. WGAF about Africa's economy.
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Read my posts fully.
We don't depend on W. Africa air travel for our economy.
We do depend on international air travel in total for our economy. And we do depend on Canada/Mexico ground transportation for our economy. Both these would be severely slowed by increasing scrutiny of passport checks at the border.
Do you think someone from West Africa can only get here by flying direct?
Do you think checking the stamps and dates in the back 20 pages of every passport is going to be a quick process?
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You can easily restrict civilian air travel while still allowing humanitarian aid to get through. It ain't rocket science unless you're the putz defending the big "O"
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Who do you think delivers the humanitarian aid?
Who do you think comprises the groups of Drs who travel to these countries to provide medical aid?
These are volunteers. They fly commercial flights. They sure as hell aren't going to volunteer to fly there (or a significant percentage won't) if they are concerned they will not be allowed to leave. Can we fly them in and out on non-commercial flights? sure. If they don't have faith that they will be provided with a means out, they aren't likely to go.