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In reply to the discussion: Pompeo says Alabama woman who joined ISIS cannot return to US [View all]Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)95. Fuck that shit...
She's old enough to have a passport and she's old enough to buy her own airfare and she's old enough to fire a rifle. And she wasn't kidnapped like Patty Hearst, she CHOSE to abandon what was a pretty good life for her here... FFS, until her twitter account got suspended she was still cheerleading terror attacks and encouraging other western women to join... How many innocent deaths is she actively or passively responsible for? How many Western women did she help 'recruit' on social media?
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In the case of the UK woman, the UK asserts that she is has Bangladeshi citizenship.
Eugene
Feb 2019
#83
"...if and when he is convicted thereof by a court martial or by a court of competent jurisdiction."
Eugene
Feb 2019
#84
Maybe they make exceptions for people who publicly join terrorist groups...
brooklynite
Feb 2019
#45
She is a citizen. Let her come home. How freaking petty can they be towards a person ...
marble falls
Feb 2019
#6
OK, she's a native born citizen. She was a young adult. If there's any charges, let her ...
marble falls
Feb 2019
#16
Whether or not she is a citizen is THE critical question. And neither Pompeo nor her family
RockRaven
Feb 2019
#8
A U.S. Secretary of State can't advise non-citizens to not travel someplace.
former9thward
Feb 2019
#50
I'm thinking they canceled her passport, revoked her citizenship though there is no mechanism
yaesu
Feb 2019
#9
This makes no sense since the US is demanding the EU, Canada, Australia take back
zooks
Feb 2019
#11
Holeeeeeey fuck I just knew someone was going to turn this into a race issue
Jake Stern
Feb 2019
#79
The only way she could not be a U.S. citizen is if she officially renounced it; if so,
LongtimeAZDem
Feb 2019
#28
If she's not a citizen, she has no right to come here, esp as someone who joined ISIS...
Honeycombe8
Feb 2019
#42
Me too - I'm far more concerned about the idea of revoking citizenship than I am about
petronius
Feb 2019
#62
"Ms. Muthana's citizenship has not been revoked because she was never a US citizen"
dalton99a
Feb 2019
#89
She may be an unsympathetic person, but we are a nation of laws supposedly.
Sapient Donkey
Feb 2019
#92
I can see him declaring her an enemy combatant and shipping her to Gitmo. n/t
Calista241
Feb 2019
#103