Replies to post #4423 on Nothing But Politics

[CoalTrain]

I have been waiting for a definite sign that the Muslims have taken sides, this looks to be it.

If this is really a long term commitment in the Muslim world, I agree. I was wondering how the Russians were going to compete with us in a space race given their weak economy. This would explain it all. Given that the Bushoids are dunces when it comes to diplomacy, at the moment I cannot really see the U.S. stopping this without regime change in the States.

Hmmmm.... so if the Saudi's are really going to be taking sides with the Russians when we put away the soft ball and get out the hard ball.. the Russians will have the majority of the Persian gulf and the majority of the Red Sea to put their nuclear subs in to back up all the non nuke subs that they sold to the Iranians. I wonder if they are going to be selling non nuke subs to the Saudis?

I wonder how many minutes it would take a Russian sub to nuke Isreal from the Persian Gulf or the Red Sea?

What the hell is Bush thinking?

CT

[CoalTrain]

Brazil Begins Fingerprinting U.S. Travelers


BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil on Thursday began fingerprinting and photographing U.S. visitors on orders of a judge who compared planned U.S. security controls on travelers from Brazil and other nations to Nazi horrors.





Federal Judge Julier Sebastiao da Silva, furious at U.S. plans to fingerprint and photograph millions of visitors on entering the United States, ordered Brazil's authorities do the same to U.S. citizens starting on Thursday.


"We've begun doing this," said a Federal Police spokeswoman at Brazil's Guarulhos International Airport in Sao Paulo.


The judge's order came after a Brazilian (news - web sites) government citizen rights agency filed a complaint in federal court over the U.S. measure.


The US-VISIT system is meant to identify people who have violated immigration controls, have a criminal record or belong to groups the U.S. government lists as terrorist organizations.


Starting on Monday, people who need visas to enter the United States will be fingerprinted and photographed when they pass through immigration at major U.S. airports and seaports.


The measure does not apply to citizens of 27, mainly European, nations who do not need a visa to enter the United States.


"I consider the act absolutely brutal, threatening human rights, violating human dignity, xenophobic and worthy of the worst horrors committed by the Nazis," said Sebastiao da Silva in the court order released on Tuesday.


Officials at the U.S. Embassy in Brazil were not immediately available to comment on Brazil's decision.


Brazil requires U.S. citizens to have a visa when entering the country.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&ncid=564&e=1&u=/nm/20040101/ts_n....


Another brilliant move buy the Bushies. Surely this will help the travel industry.

CT