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Leonard Durso 
I understand the reason why people fear the refugees from Syria. Some feel it can be used as pipeline for terrorists. Many believe the refugees don’t plan to assimilate, they don’t plan to take our culture. They plan to change our way of life, our laws our religion. Some say the terrorists are already here and it’s just a matter of time before we have another terrorist attack. Mike McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, warned that militants with the Islamic State group could embed with refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria, creating a militant pipeline. “From a national security standpoint, I take ISIS at its word when they said, in their own words, ‘We’ll use and exploit the refugee crisis to infiltrate the West.’ That concerns me.”
One of the great refugee relief organization is the “Samaritan’s Purse.” They are usually they first organizations to respond in times of need.
http://www.samaritanspurse.org/article/aid-for-syrian-refugees/
There is that fear but there are already over 4 million in refugees in Turkey & Jordan. How many of those have committed terrorist attacks in those two countries? Most are women and children.
When you look at the videos of the Syrian refugees most appear to be young men. There is no way to check on their backgrounds as there is no information available. They would be better suited to be resettled in places like, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, and Bahrain. At last check none of these counties have offered any resettlement places. It only takes a few bad eggs to cause a lot of death and destruction. It is a sad state of affairs.
http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2015/11/13/ironic-timing-report-first-load-out-of-anticipated-10000-syrian-refugees-has-arrived-in-new-orleans/
Not the videos of the Syrian refugees taken in Turkey & Greece. Those videos of young men are not Syrians.
Governor Bentley is about as close minded a biggot as a person can get. The politics here in Alabama have always been the worst they can be. It’s an atrocity. Thanks for sharing.
It seems to me it’s not about being closed or open minded but about applying the principles of what the US stands for.
Why are people surprised with the attacks in Paris? Just look at what’s been going on in the world.
At least 17,000 people have been killed and more than 2.5 million made homeless since the Boko Haram insurgency began in 2009. In March this year, Boko Haram pledged its loyalty to Islamic State militants and their caliphate stretched across Iraq and Syria. The Nigerian extremist group seeks to establish an Islamic state on the African continent and has intensified its incursions into neighboring Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
Extremists in Iraq, Afghanistan and Nigeria unleashed a savage rise in violence between 2013 and 2014 according to the statistics.
The figures contained in the department’s annual global terrorism report say that nearly 33,000 people were killed in almost 13,500 terrorist attacks around the world in 2014. That’s up from just over 18,000 deaths in nearly 10,000 attacks in 2013, it said. Twenty-four Americans were killed by extremists in 2014, the report said. Abductions soared from 3,137 in 2013 to 9,428 in 2014, the report said.
Terror attacks took place in 95 countries in 2014, but were concentrated in the Mideast, South Asia and West Africa. Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and Nigeria accounted for more than 60 percent of the attacks and, if Syria is included, roughly 80 percent of the fatalities, the report found.
The rise in kidnappings is mainly attributable to sharp increases in mass abductions by terrorist groups in Syria, notably the Islamic State and the al-Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front. In Nigeria, Boko Haram was responsible for most, if not all, of the nearly 1,300 abductions in Nigeria in 2014, including several hundred girls from a school in Chibok.
So why are we surprised?
No one should be but the US and the EU only wake up when one of theirs is attacked. Not before. They don’t seem to be concerned with the rest of the world.
You are right, Leonard. What Backyardfriends said were true. The West sometimes disregard and find it just a collateral damage if attacks doesn’t concern them, specially if Muslims are fighting against Muslims. I find it really odd that hundreds of thousands die in other countries but no media attention was given. The world is falling apart…
Yes, because politicians play to people’s fears and not to their compassion. We are all the dame inside and we all pray to the same God, though not always in the same way. We all believe in the same basic tenets of faith, yet many world leaders harp on the differences, not the similarities. We are still as a people tribal in out thinking. We have not grown spiritually, just materialistically and technologically. The world is falling apart because we are letting it fall apart. This is the tragedy.
As before, you nail it! At the end of the day, the ultimate price is the big oilfield in Syria!
Greed and self-interest always seem to prevail.
Aaargh!
Leonard, it is true that America is very concerned, and yes, we may not be responding to the world as we once had. We are a wee bit weary. We remember 9/11, and some of us were directly affected by the loss of loved ones.
When I read about Sharia compounds in the U.K., it concerns me. And, living in Texas, where we are already dealing with another humanitarian crisis, that of illegal immigrants crossing our southern borders, we know very well the result of what occurs to innocent, law biding American lives. I would hate to be considered a bigot, but that term may well fit me in some circles. But I have a right to stand and speak from first-hand knowledge of powers, unchecked. Perhaps if others could walk in my shoes they may form a different opinion.
I want no innocent human being to suffer, but at some point there is saturation. Right here, right now, Texas is dealing with another form of heinous terrorism: gang and drug violence. Mexico, and countries further south, have such a degree of lawlessness that their people are willing to try anything to escape their heinous living situations. I would hope that we could all take a deep breath, come back to the round table and put aside our differences of opinion long enough to send a message to the politicos that we need international negotiations that benefit, and are all-inclusive to the peace loving people of our world.
This is not a band-aid sort of endeavor. Everyone of us has a vested interest in humanity. We love it enough to declare that we must all work together. Time is of the essence.
I lost a childhood friend in the Twin Towers on 9/11 and the sister of another close friend on Flight 93 that day so you needn’t think I do not know about that particular loss. I also was living in NY then and know the pain we were all feeling not just that day but the months that followed. But I also worked with immigrants for over 20 years in NY, many of whom were fleeing countries at war in Central America, the Middle East, countries in upheaval like Haiti and victims of repression and instability in South America, SE Asia, the former Soviet Union, boatloads of illegal immigrants from Vietnam and China, etc etc etc. And I saw both welcoming attitudes and outright racist reactions to these groups in NY, a supposed liberal state. Firsthand experience? I have that in spades. And I see it here in Turkey, too. It seems, though, when you allow fear to dictate your response to crisis, you lose the ability to act the way all religions teach us: with compassion for those less fortunate than us. You must have safeguards, yes, but you also cannot turn a deaf ear to those who suffer because they are different than you.
Thank you, Leonard. First, my sincere apologies and heartfelt sympathy for your losses.
I strongly voice my opinion faced with how the facts have personally affected me. I do not expect others to understand where I am coming from. You have definitely had greater exposure to the European crisis than I will ever have. Might you grant me the same for what has occurred within the region I live?Allow us to disagree. In disagreement we can educate, value and reciprocate ideas. Fueling hatred will get us nowhere.
I am more than serious when I say that the Political powers of all affected countries must come together and work a united front. I’m sure none of us wishes to see the barbaric fundamentalist jihadist slip through the cracks at ANY checkpoint. Sadly, we can all appreciate than many will not utilize the main point of entry. We need to stop in our tracks. House the refugees in decent housing, feed and clothe them. But we have got to get hold on the trail of the terrorists. If we don’t, not a single one of us is safe.
My apologies to all if my original post proclaimed that I didn’t give a damn about any refugee. Had I articulated my words better, perhaps my frustrations would have been better clarified.
I understand your concerns in your region and also your feelings about the danger of extremists slipping through the borders. I’m actually surprised we haven’t had more bombings here but expect we will since they are at our borders here and the Turkish government even allowed them to cross over with supplies and for recruitment. It was a dangerous game Erdoğan & hıs party have played with them because he opposes the Kurds and Assad. And we will have hell to pay for that in the future I’m sure. The same can be said for the US initially and any other country wanting ISIS to battle Assad and Iran. But all nations must unite to eliminate this evil, including the Arab nations, too, so that these refugees can return to their homeland and live in peace. That should be the ultimate goal.
Amen! The ultimate goal, most definitely. Being torn away from ones own country is surely heartbreaking.
Thank you, Leonard for continuing to dialog. My earlier rant is/was born of frustration. I have watched an American President use his agenda, whilst ignoring the Congress. That is not how our Democracy was outlined.
Peace.
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