How "American" is it to decree a particular religion cannot be established within several blocks of a particular location?

Republicans really have this shit down. They saw the classic Zimbabwe money scam, and actually perpetrated a Zimbabwe President scam.

I opposed the Afghan war from the start. We needed large scale surgical strikes to blow away the asshats who attacked us. The Afghan people are responsible for their own governance and deserve self-determination. And, if you live next to a terrorist, you may become a casualty.

It's called deterrence. We can't reshape the neither regions of half the world, but we can make it a fact that if you fuck with us, you will pay a price much higher than you can imagine.