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Old Sep 19, 2014, 10:18 am
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Originally Posted by Tchiowa
Originally Posted by GaryD
You mean, the emir of Kuwait is an ally of the U.S. Government.

We should not defend monarchs who don't let people board a plane in or to the U.S., because they don't like the (non-monarchical) country they're from.
"Should"? Judgement call and you may be right. But the reality is we do and they are a sovereign nation and they have their laws. I don't agree with all of them, but then I don't agree with all the US laws.

Kuwait Air doesn't have any choice but to obey the laws of their nation, where ever they are.
It will be interesting to see the results of the lawsuit mentioned in Post #25.
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