Back in the hostage crisis days and shortly after Jimmy Carter told the American people that 50,000 Iranian students live in the US and he will send the FBI to the college campuses to interview and register us, Joe Conforte, the owner of the Mustang Ranch Brothel in Reno, Nevada, in a show of solidarity with the hostages, put the following sign in front of his place (picture):
“No more admittance to Iranian students until the hostages are released.”
The sign in front of the Mustang Ranch begged several questions. Shouldn’t the Iranian students be at the library instead? Are the other Iranians free to go in? Do they ask you at the front door if you are a student or just a high school drop out?
Now, 40 years later, Iranian students with valid US visas are being turned away at the US ports of entry without any reasons. But if you look back at what Trump and his MAGA (Make America Great Again) architect Steve Bannon said during the campaign you see the reasons.
Bannon believed that America’s face is changing too fast and it was becoming less white which has caused major anxieties among the white male, aging population. The advancement of technology and the globalization was leaving a whole bunch of blue-collar workers behind and the immigrants, whether the low-wage workers from Mexico and Central America, or the highly educated tech workers from elsewhere were seen as the cause. So building walls, closing borders and turning people away have become the way to deal with the aging population’s anxieties.
But this will pass too. The same way Mustang Ranch opened its doors to the Iranian students after a while, the US ports of entry will allow the Iranian students to attend US colleges soon. As for the anxious aging white guys, enjoy your remaining days and weeks. Life is too short!
The cost of a belligerent country poking a stick in the eye of the world, is always going to borne by the people from that country. The question is when will Iranians take control of their country and their destiny and their true fair place in the world?
The other question is how did YOU happen to know that the Mustang Ranch was closed to Iranians that day?
But that is a question for another day ;)
Bruce,
You should distinguish between the belligerent Regime and the general population that lacks the means to change the Regime.
If you were around back then, you would remember that many businesses, especially in the redneck part of the US had the "No Iranians Allowed" signs, especially the discos which back then were like our second homes on the weekend. John Travolta and The Saturday Night Fever was our national anthem!
The Mustang Ranch picture was a news clip that was more amusing than anything else.
The fix is easier than you think... in return, IRI should stop admitting American students who've lined up for Iranian universities. You see?... that's so easy...
“But this will pass too”
I wish I had half of optimism as you have, but I can’t help to not dismiss the level of stupidity shown by so many people in this nation, specifically in the middle of America.
This charlatan successfully rallied so many people for over five years on a Birthier hoax that any peasant in Iran or Afghanistan would have known that is nothing but bullshit or what he has done now on another Biden hoax where the real criminal has been proven that lives in the White House.
When it comes to gun violence, don’t pray vote instead
The impeached tRump is helping to make Russia great again
BDS to deprive the oppressive occupied miltary of its bullets and bombs
Buy American, say NO to Chinese made impeached tRump
“The time is always right to do what is right” – Martin Luther King