Skittles and the Art of Trumpian Racism

Amazing that with all that wrongdoing by the American government that America continues to be so extraordinarily behind-hand in bringing Syrian refugees in.

It isn't a bad thing to be "behind-hand" in this. Maybe if the majority of the refugees were really women and children it wouldn't be so bad, but there are a lot of young males that should be fighting for their homes and not just fleeing.

http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/regional.php



52% are under the age of 18

I'm sure the US could find children/women/families to help.

Americans should be embarrassed. Small, poor countries are doing more to help than the US is.

https://www.mercycorps.org/articles/iraq-jordan-lebanon-syria-turkey/quick-facts-what-you-need-know-about-syria-crisis

These children are not Skittles.

I wonder if Trump Jr. eats cookie dough or cake batter. I mean the chance of an egg having salmonella (1 in 20,000) is far worse than the one is several million skittle analogy.

(I must fess up, I prefer the cookie dough to the cookies.)

How many refugees are being taken in by other ME countries?


That means 48% are over 18 and able to fight for their homes.

Pretty sure Lebanon has taken in so many that one in 4 of the population is a Syrian refugee - Jordan also well over a million - ah, here's the table, to the right of this page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugees_of_the_Syrian_Civil_War

Wow! USA has only taken in just over two thousand more than Australia - and we're assholes with less than 10% of your population.


Total population:
4,812,993 refugees (registered, March 2016)[1]
6,130,000-6,320,000 refugees (based on UN estimate, March 2016)[2]
Regions with important populations
Data as of Feb 2016, unless otherwise noted; includes estimated cross-border arrivals, UNHCR registered refugees, asylum applicants, worker visa overstays and resettled refugees. Does not include foreign citizens leaving Syria.

Turkey 2,724,937 (registered, August 2016)[3] 2,748,367 (the highest number, registered, 3 March 2016)
Lebanon 1,500,000 (estimated arrivals Dec 2015)
1,048,275 (registered)[4]
Jordan 1,265,000 (census results Nov 2015)[5]
657,422 (registered July 2016)[6]
Germany 600,000 (registered by April 2016)[7]
Greece 496,119 (arrivals to May 2016)[8]
54,574 (estimated in country May 2016)[8]
5,615 (applicants to Dec 2015)[9]
Saudi Arabia 420,000 (estimated overstays 2015)[10]
Macedonia 400,000 (estimated arrivals)[8]
2,150 (applicants to Dec 2015)[9]
Serbia(incl. Kosovo) 313,314 (applicants to Dec 2015)[9]
Iraq (incl. Iraqi Kurdistan) 1,139,000 (estimated in Iraqi Kurdistan)
956,000 (estimated rest of Iraq March 2016)
249,395 (registered)[11]
United Arab Emirates 242,000 (estimated overstays, government source, 2015) [12][13]
Kuwait 155,000+[10][14] (estimated overstays to June 2015)
Egypt 117,702 (registered March 2016)119,665 (high registered March 2016)[15]
Sweden 110,333 (applicants to Dec 2015) [9]
Hungary
72,505 (applicants to Dec 2015) [9]
Canada 56,376 (applicants to July 2016)
36,901 (approved August 2016)
33,147 (resettled Sept 2016)[16][17]
Croatia 55,000 (estimated September 2015)[18]
386 (applicants to Dec 2015) [9]
Algeria 43,000 (estimated Nov 2015)
5,721 (registered Nov 2015) [19]
Qatar 40,000 (estimated overstays 2015)[10]
42 (registered 2015)[10]
Austria 39,131 (applicants to July 2016)[9]
Netherlands 31,963 (applicants to July 2016) [9]
Libya 26,672 (registered December 2015)[1]
Denmark 19,433 (applicants to Dec 2015)[9]
Bulgaria 17,527 (applicants to Dec 2015)[9]
Armenia 17,000 (estimated July 2015)[20]
Belgium 15,951 (applicants to July 2016) [9]
Norway 13,993 (applicants to Dec 2015)[9]
Singapore 13,856 (applicants to Dec 2015)[9]
Switzerland 12,931 (applicants to July 2016)[9]
France 11,694 (applicants to July 2016)[9]
Brazil 9,000 (approved ) [21]
2,097 (Nov 2015)[22]See: Syrians in Brazil
United Kingdom 9,467 (applicants to July 2016)[9]
5,102 (resettled 2015) [23]
Spain 8,365 (applicants to Dec 2015)[9]
United States 7,123 (resettled to July 2016) [24]
Russia 5,000 (estimated 2015)[25]
Malaysia 5,000 (estimated August 2015)[citation needed]
Australia 4,500 (2015)See: Syrians in Australia
Tunisia 4,000 (September 2015)[26]
Cyprus 3,527 (applicants to Dec 2015)[9]
Bahrain 3,500 (estimated June 2015)[10]
Montenegro 2,975 (applicants to Dec 2015)[9]
Italy 2,538 (applicants to Dec 2015)[9]
Romania 2,525 (applicants to Dec 2015)[9]
Malta 1,222 (applicants to Dec 2015) [9]
Somalia 1,312 (January 2016)
Finland 1,127 (December 2015)[9]
Gaza Strip 1,000 (December 2013)[27]

Let's send Baldimo to Syria! Subscribe now! Your pennies can matter!

Only if he is going to be a weaponless caregiver for those orphaned children.

Weak sauce! You can do better than that can't you?

good response

Pure and utter fantasy.

What facts do you have to counter it?
What would you do differently to bring more refugees in safely?

Oh. It must be hard then. Best we give up now, rather than tackle something that's hard or requires us to think instead of mindlessly shout "NOT IN MY BACKYARD!"

No, let's send osso and everyone else who is in favor of taking tens of thousands of Syrian refugees here to Syria.

It isn't a default position for any nation on earth to accept refugees from around the world.

I certainly get why people think we should provide refuge to these poor people, but it's is nonsense that we are obligated to do so.

If we really care about these people what is a better than to use our incredibly superior military power to put them in a position where they don't need to flee their homeland?

Not sure what the logic of this is or what it will achieve.



Now that's pure fantasy. Even if it would work how many american lives are you willing to trade for it? 'Tens of thousands'?

How many American lives are the people who favor open borders for refugees, prepared to trade?

Don't remember anyone saying anything about open borders for all refugees. Just the normal checks on a bowl full.

I was struck, Hinge, by the number Greece has taken in--they can't pay the electric bill, but they have stepped up on this problem.

Hmm . .. how many Americans have been killed by Syrian refugees so far?

Some people are unable or unwilling to accept how complicated the situation is in Syria because it doesn't fit their monochrome thinking. Assad represents the minority Alawite community and is propped up by Iran and Russia. Then there's Turkey, a NATO ally that supports the Turkmen but is in conflict with the Kurds, (another NATO ally,) and has been turning a blind eye to the Jihadis. Then there's the FSA supported by the West and publicly by the Gulf states, and the Jihadis, like IS, who are covertly funded by the Gulf states. And these groups are all over Syria, not just one place which makes it very difficult to decide who should and shouldn't be bombed.

Simple solutions to complex problems is what lead to the, (still illegal,) invasion of Iraq and the monumental dog's breakfast that is now the ME. Even if America does have "incredibly superior military power" it's not superior enough to take on the Russians without dire consequences. You and I know that, but we don't come from a culture where Geography begins and ends with the naming of state capitals.

In a recent interview Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson asked what Aleppo was, and if that amount of ignorance is acceptable for a presidential candidate it's not surprising that his supporters on A2K don't have a clue.