The Supreme Court has now ruled that President Trump's Muslim travel ban can proceed.
It might be constitutional, but it's stupid.
The stupidest part of the ban is the inclusion of Chad which was added back in September.
Chad has been a key U.S. ally in counter-terrorism against Islamist groups operating in Africa including Boko Haram, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and ISIS. Its military reputation is such that Chad has largely avoided the terrorist attacks which have plagued countries like the Central African Republic, Mali, Niger and Nigeria, but are not included in the travel ban. In protest, Chad withdrew its troops from Niger where they had been fighting Boko Haram.
So why exactly was Chad included in the ban? Because they ran out of passport paper. I kid you not.
Mind you the Trump Administration did all this without the support of the State Department and the Department of Defense.
Could it be Trump knew a guy named Chad he hated and when he discovered there was a country named Chad he decided to include it in the ban? It's stupid but stupid is Trump's stock and trade. It's fitting because it's every bit as stupid as placing a country on a travel ban because it temporarily ran out of passport paper.
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