On September 8, 2015, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham called on the US to start accepting more refugees from war-torn countries in the Middle East:
“We should take our fair share. We are good people. I don’t think the average American has any idea what it’s like to live in the Mideast right now. If I’m president, it’s not about accepting refugees, it’s about destroying the reason they leave. It’s about sending them back to Syria with hope. It’s about destroying a radical Islamic movement that would destroy everybody in this room.
“I don’t see how we can lead the free world and turn our back when people are seeking it. We should take the Statue of Liberty and tear it down if this is our response as a nation. Just tear it down, because we don’t need it anymore.
“I don’t know how many we should take, I don’t know how much we should spend, but I know we should take our fair share and we need to spend more to get ahead of this.”
From regime change to #ISIS: 5 years of US meddling in Syria https://t.co/y0tobRHCDP pic.twitter.com/SkJrqzSBW6
— RT America (@RT_America) March 16, 2016
Two days later, the White House announced that it would accept at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the new fiscal year starting October 1, 2015. Since the uprising began five years ago, only 2,647 Syrian refugees have been resettled in the United States, roughly 0.06% of the more than 4.5 million who have fled from the country.
“I don’t see how we can lead the free world and turn our back on people who are seeking it.” (via Brave New Films)
Posted by Upworthy on Monday, December 21, 2015
Should the United States turn its backs on refugees even when much poorer and much smaller countries are bearing the biggest burden of the Syrian crisis? During Vietnam, America welcomed 190,000 Vietnamese. During the Balkans conflict, the country accepted 180,000 people. Compared to what it has done in the past, the United States isn’t living up to its own historic standards.
In Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ words:
“What terrorism is about is trying to instill terror and fear into the hearts of people. And we will not let that happen. We will not be terrorized or live in fear. During these difficult times, we will not succumb to Islamophobia. We will not turn our backs on the refugees who are fleeing Syria and Afghanistan. We will do what we do best and that is – be Americans – fighting racism, fighting xenophobia, fighting fear.”
U.S. in a proxy war with itself in Syria — a CIA-backed militia fought a Pentagon-backed one. https://t.co/WGUe8KNHMD h/t @ishaantharoor
— Edward Wong (@comradewong) March 16, 2016
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Sorry but you just bring the mess here and perpetuate the problem all while avoiding the problem of religion and Islam oil& water don’t mix.even with the best intentions
We should not turn our backs to helping these people, if we do we are showing fear to these murdering ASSHOLES. We can always deport them if. They get out of line. These people are our brothers and sister’s in God’s eyes.