Volunteering Before "One is Volunteered" Frequently Has Its Advantages
We made poor choices and it affected these folks; now they need a place to go.
Syria: The U.S. chose
to not get involved in the Syrian fight back when the anti-Assad forces were
moderate.
Iraq: Chose
to pull ALL troops out of Iraq despite the easily modified Status of Forces Agreement
that would have stabilized the region and stopped ISIS from establishing a
foothold in a second country. And there are shades of Powell's Pottery
Barn Rule - we invaded, overthrew the leadership, and (stupidly) disbanded the Iraqi Army
completely - we broke it, we bought it.
Afghanistan: Well, that place is just messed up.
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We've accepted 1800 refugees over the last three
years. Whew baby.
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10,000 is the number we've committed to
recently.
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Now I agree we have 10 or 12 million illegals we
could share with Europe, should they want to compare, but most of these
Middle East refugees have some bonafide fears (like torture-beheading-more torture), not
just economic desires, so we should host what numbers we can.
BUT, we have enough of a problem keeping track of the home grown terrorists we're discovering or developing in our midst every day.
So I would suggest that the United States volunteers to accept
150,000 Syrian/Iraqi/Afghan refugees
Provided they are:
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True refugees, as much as that can be verified
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Without medically transmissible diseases (this
is just a part of our standard application - will save all the other
refugees and U.S. officials from getting sick in the extended process of
getting them over here)
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Either Yazidis (what's left of the 10,000 in
Syria and 50,000 that sought refuge in the mountains of Iraq), Christians
(there are/were 125,000 Iraqi Christians in imminent danger of losing their
heads), Jews (always a popular target and not especially welcomed in Europe
even before this crisis), or anyone that helped with U.S. military
operations.
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Hell, we should accept Jews from anywhere, even
if some of them become lawyers
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