Nov 18, 2015 Reminder to everyone that none of the attackers in Paris were refugees, so the response of not letting Syrian refugees come to our country is nothing but xenophobic. There are plenty of cities that could benefit from refugees.
Nov 18, 2015 So because we haven't solved all of society's ills we should cease all humanitarian efforts? There's valid points of view on both sides of this issue, but this cartoonish logic that somehow implies the US can adopt a stridently cold and isolationist stance toward the world is just laughable.
Nov 18, 2015 Not the same issue though. We don't want to just take in Syrians to make their lives better and "stop world poverty" we want to take them in because they're refugees and are running for their lives.
Nov 18, 2015 You don't think it would be more beneficial to provide the amenities we're giving to these refugees, who have given nothing to our country, over veterans?
Nov 18, 2015 It's a false question which suggests a profound misunderstanding of how US policy works.
Nov 18, 2015 Can you shine some light on that? Because on the surface the answer seems pretty obvious to me if those statistics are in fact true.
Nov 18, 2015 What do you want me to say? It's not an either/or scenario. We have the resources to do both. Yes, it's important to take care of veterans. Yes, we are morally obligated to stop genocide. Injecting veterans issues into this debate is silly and disingenuous.
Nov 18, 2015 We have the resources to do both yet it seems like we are concentrating more on the refugees. Of course I'm not saying it's wrong to help these people, I just believe taking care of our issues should come first.
Nov 18, 2015 What are your thoughts on this issue in general? Just about the refugees, not the veterans.
Nov 18, 2015 Canada is going to take in 25,000 Syrian refugees before the end of the year, (25k in the next 6 weeks) so the USA is in a nice position to use us as a case study before making your own decision personally I think it's going to be messy, more by the hands of intolerant Canadians than ISIS terrorists sneaking in with the rest
Nov 18, 2015 It "seems like" that's the priority because of the newscycle and the national debate surrounding Paris, Syria, etc. Helping vets continues to be a major issue (that many politicians grand stand on btw) - from Civil War pensions to the GI bill to the public's rejection of Vietnam vets (admittedly a nadir) to #SupportOurTroops, assisting fmr members of the military has been a part of the national framework since nearly our founding. Again, you're well-intentioned, but conflating two separate policy issues. The public officials against bringing refugees here are ignorant at best, fear mongering at worst.
Nov 18, 2015 Trudeau here in Canada wants to speed through the background checks. It takes months to do it properly, and Canada has never accepted this many in such a short timespan. Canada should be a model about how it SHOULD NOT be done.
