No one is afraid of legitimate Syrian refugees. People are concerned about the infiltration of the Syrian refugees population by ISIS terrorist fighters.
That is true, but based on what? Evidently, it’s based on the threat that ISIS will infiltrate in this way, and then an attack happened in Paris that managed to involve one or two such people in ways that were not really critical to the success of the attack. Rather, it was an existing level of cooperation between Belgian and French jihadists alongside a lack of cooperation between Belgian and French intelligence that made the thing go. (Plus some exposed vulnerabilities in the prevailing notion of the Schengen Zone). Syrian infiltration was not actually a critical part of this thing, but people are making it seem like it was.
Radical Islam has declared war against the West. 911, terrorist bombings worldwide, mass beheading and crucifixions of Christians, wholesale slaughter of innocent Parisians, blowing up a Russian airplane, kidnapping and murders in Mali, ad infinitum…
Is there any doubt that radical Islam is at war with the West?
They have more than enough people here already. They can get stuff done…Already. Wherever “here” is for you, I promise there are enough people working on behalf of ISIS that already live in your country who can carry out whatever they’re going to do. So you can let a bunch of refugees in and do a Little Bit of extra work to keep everyone safe, or you can screw a bunch of people over and then you’ve still got approximately the same sort of challenging job on your hands anyway.
People talk about one poisoned Skittle out of a whole bag, as if we don’t have a bunch of poisoned Skittles here already, and those are the people that are going to be mission-critical for whatever the mission is.
Does it sound like I’m aware that we are at war?
People are concerned with the vetting process for Syrian refugees, as there are no background checks that could discern a refugee’s ties with terrorism.
How exactly do you propose we differentiate between a legitimate Syrian refugee and an ISIS supporter?
I’m pretty sure someone else posted a helpful link that explains that sort of thing in some detail.
What hubris, arrogance to suggest the American people are not welcoming to refugees. We are.
Kind of depends on which state you’re talking about though, doesn’t it?
We’re the most benevolent country in the world when it comes to helping others. What we don’t want is another 911 or Paris terrorist attack on American soil. It’s really not that challenging to understand our reticence and concerns.
Most benevolent country in the world? There are quite a few other countries that have more displaced people per capita, that’s for sure, and there’s a whole lot of countries that have spent a higher percentage of their GDP on this sort of thing. If that statement were checked by Politifact, the word “misleading” would show up at some point.
I think I do kind of understand the reticence and concerns, but I would understand it better if I believed that the Paris attack could not have happened without the presence of migrants from Syria. As far as I can tell, it absolutely could have happened just as it did without their involvement, and the only thing of consequence that’s truly tied to the people in question is that they’re trying to poison the relationship between the Eurozone and a specific type of refugee.
What country at war invites an unknown population from enemy soil into their country with no strings attached? With no prior background criminal checks beforehand?
Depends what kinds of people are trying to leave the country. I normally hate to bring Nazi Germany into the discussion, but by your logic, it sounds like you wouldn’t be able to make sense of the US relocating Jews from Germany while simultaneously being at war with Germany. Just doesn’t compute. Why would anyone do that?
And why isn’t Saudi Arabia or any of these other Middle Eastern countries stepping up to the plate to accept these refugees? Why America?
Saudi Arabia does have some Syrians living within its borders, although it’s unclear exactly when they got there and whether it relates to the Assad thing or the ISIS thing. It’s also unclear how many because Saudi is not very transparent or forthcoming with these sorts of figures, but in the absence of total clarity, some people choose to believe they have done absolutely nothing. I’m not one of those people, I choose to say it’s not clear exactly what Saudi Arabia has been choosing to do. Other Middle Eastern countries have been a mixed bag, some have been very accommodating though.
As for “Why America?” Well, we kind of created this thing. We are the ones who destabilized Iraq, and we have been involved fairly directly with the people who made ISIS what it is today. Another reason is that we’d prefer to have some type of influence in the region and not just leave that to Russia. You think we should step aside, distance ourselves, and allow Putin to be the main person that the rest of the world is looking to? I doubt that you actually want that, but that’s where this line of reasoning would take us.
And there is one more reason, actually. As ISIS was watching all these people leave the country, they expressed concern about what those people would get into once they left. They were especially worried that a lot of these people would choose to leave Islam and become Christians or non-religious. Well…I like the sound of that. Let’s help some people leave Islam behind, and let’s make sure as many as possible are becoming Christians.
And for goodness’ sake, especially on this type of forum, let’s not be bashful about saying that.
