John Kerry: A Ban On Muslims Is ‘Very Dangerous Foreign Policy’

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to the traveling press following the COP21 United Nations conference on climate change in Le Bourget, France, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015. Kerry hailed Saturday's climate agreeme... U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to the traveling press following the COP21 United Nations conference on climate change in Le Bourget, France, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015. Kerry hailed Saturday's climate agreement as "a victory for all of the planet and for future generations." He added it will "prevent the worst most devastating consequences of climate change from ever happening." (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP) MORE LESS

Secretary of State John Kerry said in an interview aired Sunday that a ban on Muslims is a “very dangerous foreign policy.”

Kerry was interviewed by CBS News’ “Face the Nation” following the climate change pact and was asked about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s call to ban Muslims from entering the United States.

“I believe that that kind of a ban is contrary to American values. It’s contrary to our constitution,” Kerry said. “But I also think it’s a very dangerous foreign policy because it says to those in Islam who are trying to exploit people and recruit foreign fighters and otherwise, it says look, look at America. Here they’ve got a guy running for President who is waging war against Islam.”

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  1. Avatar for pine pine says:

    “The most recent movement in that direction came in a campaign release that said he was
    “calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the
    United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is
    going on.”Not
    only would this prohibition be completely impractical and xenophobic,
    in practice it would most likely be racist. But when has that ever
    bothered this man? Right, never. Much of what rolls off that tongue is
    dripping with poison.”

    The most recent movement in that direction came in a campaign release that said he was “calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on.”

  2. Avatar for tao tao says:

    That would be the Short Fingered Vulgarian recruiting for IS in the natural order of perpetrating perpetual war. None of the other R-nasty candidates has taken a stand in opposition either.

  3. Here they’ve got a guy running for President who is waging war against Islam.

    Standard OP for the GOP, as I recall they had a guy in 2001 who was the President who likened our efforts against Al Qaeda as a “crusade”.

  4. I know, lets ban all the banners ( people who ban that is-not signs).

    Just ban Trump just because of the fun and watching heads explode would make winter pass easier.
    Yeah, that’s it, ban Trump and exile him to sharia or Mexican.

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