US denies visas to Afghanistan’s all-girl robotics team

US denies visas to Afghanistan’s all-girl robotics team
Six teenage girls from Afghanistan planned to come to the US to compete in the First Global Challenge robotics competition this month, but those plans were canceled after they were denied visas to enter the country. Forbes reports that the girls traveled 500 miles to Kabul for their visa interviews, and that their robot’s supplies were held in customs for months.

This kit, which the competition organizers issued to every participating team, included different components, like brackets, extrusions, fastening hardware, hardware adaptors, bearings, wheels of different sizes, gears, pulleys, motors, servos, and sprockets. The State Department feared ISIS might try to use these parts on the battlefield, which is why they delayed sending them to the girls.

Still, the team built a ball-sorting robot on a shortened timeline; their kit only arrived three weeks ago. More than 100 other teams have entered the competition, including participants from Iraq, Iran, and Sudan. The girls’ robot will still compete, but the team will only be able to watch over a video call from their homes in Herat, Afghanistan.

Turtleneck wrote:Smart move, Mr. Trump.

Trump intervenes to grant rejected Afghan girls entry to U.S. for robot contest
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/12/trump-afghan-girls-robots-240474

LooseGoose wrote:

Turtleneck wrote:Smart move, Mr. Trump.

Trump intervenes to grant rejected Afghan girls entry to U.S. for robot contest
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/12/trump-afghan-girls-robots-240474

Cue Nigel up to remind you when you called him names.

Turtleneck wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:

Cue Nigel up to remind you when you called him names.

He is still worthy of any name I called him, and his smart move here does not mean he is suddenly a decent person with values and good character.

LooseGoose wrote:

Turtleneck wrote:

He is still worthy of any name I called him, and his smart move here does not mean he is suddenly a decent person with values and good character.

So he's beyond redemption.

Cameron wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:

So he's beyond redemption.

Yes. You think he's going to fundamentally change who he is at this point in his life?

LooseGoose wrote:

Cameron wrote:

Yes. You think he's going to fundamentally change who he is at this point in his life?

Not likely but it has happened.

Cameron wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:

Not likely but it has happened.

Has it? What 70+ year old man has had a sudden moral and ethical awakening that you can point me to as the blueprint?

Guest wrote:

Cameron wrote:

Has it? What 70+ year old man has had a sudden moral and ethical awakening that you can point me to as the blueprint?

The 70year old part will have me thinking for a few days. I was referring to people like George Foreman and Chuck Colson .