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In reply to the discussion: Kerry: U.S. will accept 85,000 refugees in 2016, 100,000 in 2017 [View all]earthside
(6,960 posts)6. I'm against this.
The U.S. has got to get serious about disengaging from the Middle East.
And we and Europe cannot be a safety valve for all the dictators in these Middle Eastern nations by providing safe haven for their dispossessed.
How many refugees is Saudi Arabia taking in?
Kuwait?
UAE?
Yes, we have been responsible for much of the instability and chaos in the Middle East, but it is never going to get better as long as we keeping playing bully, policeman and nurse all at the same time.
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Oh, yeah. But I have a somewhat personal connection with French colonialism...
CTyankee
Sep 2015
#45
I blame the Prophet Mohammed for not being more straightforward and succinct. n/t
ellisonz
Sep 2015
#53
Why do you suppose that settling Syrians in red states would change them to blue states?
David__77
Sep 2015
#17
the problem with putting them in dying small towns is that the towns are dying
dembotoz
Sep 2015
#30
It seems to me that immigration has always in the long run worked out really well
CTyankee
Sep 2015
#46
I agree. These people will come to our shores and be excellent citizens and taxpayers.
CTyankee
Sep 2015
#9
A lot less than the Vietnamese and Balkan refugees we took but it is a good start.
pampango
Sep 2015
#8
That means the warmakers are going to continue their war in Syria.
Dont call me Shirley
Sep 2015
#12
We can't seem to vet a few hundred individual fighters in Syria very reliably.
TwilightGardener
Sep 2015
#42