Well, This Is Crazy, But Not Unexpected From This Administration

Terrorists can avoid long security lines when coming to the US now that the US has opened FIRST customs post in the Middle East.

"Everybody" is against it. Only winner: Abu Dhabi 's Etihad Airways. I can't make this stuff up.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting:

Amid strong objections from U.S. airline pilots and carriers on both sides of the Atlantic, White House officials have agreed on a customs facility in Abu Dhabi that will allow passengers from there to bypass long lines upon their arrival in the U.S.

The agreement between the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates, which was firmed up this week, calls for the Department of Homeland Security to set up a preclearance post at Abu Dhabi International Airport—the first of its kind in the Middle East.

Under the arrangement, which mirrors similar facilities in Canada, Ireland and the Caribbean, passengers would go through U.S. customs and immigration before takeoff and avoid delays at their destinations.

The sole beneficiary of the move would be Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways, which operates the only non-stop service from that fast-growing hub to the U.S., and has been expanding its routes along with its Persian Gulf peers, Emirates in Dubai and Qatar Airways. 

This is truly incredible. What are we thinking?