8
0

It's true, Obama is actively importing Muslims


 invite response                
2015 Nov 15, 4:13pm   50,315 views  148 comments

by resistance   ➕follow (0)   💰tip   ignore  

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/11/world/middleeast/obama-directs-administration-to-accept-10000-syrian-refugees.html

WASHINGTON — President Obama, under increasing pressure to demonstrate that the United States is joining European nations in the effort to resettle Syrian refugees, has told his administration to take in at least 10,000 displaced Syrians over the next year.

Josh Earnest, the White House press secretary, said in a briefing Thursday that while the administration was continuing to examine responses to a refugee crisis that has overwhelmed Europe in recent days, the president has decided to raise the number of Syrian refugees admitted to at least 10,000 in the fiscal year beginning in October from fewer than 2,000 this year.

sorry, but this is unacceptable. islam is utterly incompatible with democracy, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion.

sure, only 10% of them really really want to kill us, but that's still 1,000 people.

aid them somewhere else, just don't bring them here!

« First        Comments 59 - 98 of 148       Last »     Search these comments

59   MisdemeanorRebel   2015 Nov 18, 4:47pm  

tatupu70 says

Come on--you're better than that. You're implying that actual statistics of the demographics of refugees is less reliable than a picture of a group of males??

YesYNot is quoting the numbers of people in refugee camps. NOT the numbers of migrants entering Europe. I think I made that clear in my response.

The number of adults migrating into Europe is overwhelmingly, stunningly male by a wide margin.

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

And half are NOT Syrians.

60   tatupu70   2015 Nov 18, 5:05pm  

thunderlips11 says

YesYNot is quoting the numbers of people in refugee camps. NOT the numbers of migrants entering Europe. I think I made that clear in my response.

The number of adults migrating into Europe is overwhelmingly, stunningly male by a wide margin.

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

And half are NOT Syrians.

You did--but your only counter argument was a picture. The link you provided is much more convincing.

61   FNWGMOBDVZXDNW   2015 Nov 19, 7:15am  

curious2 says

YesYNot says

There have been zero arrests of refugees for terrorism in the US since 2001.

What is your source for that assertion? I have read of three cases, and I don't presume to know of most, let alone all. Furthermore, calling ISIL/Daesh "a positive influence" is not an arrestable offense, even though it suggests an alarming risk level.

http://www.cato.org/blog/syrian-refugees-dont-pose-serious-security-threat

62   mell   2015 Nov 19, 8:40am  

Fucked By Goats Ironman says

Name one person who has actually done that. Remarkable misdirection!

Calling someone's justified concern about the well-being of their family and loved-ones after the paris attacks and the history over the past years a fear-based program qualifies for me. We all know that the narrative is false that the refugees don't pose a threat. Patrick.net is full of posts and proof indicating otherwise. Now we can talk and speculate about how big of a security risk that is, but to say there is none is a blatant lie. I think careful vetting, letting in women and children only and possibly Christians (though this is of course hard to verify and can be spoofed) may be a decent middle-ground.

63   FNWGMOBDVZXDNW   2015 Nov 19, 9:14am  

Here's another source that claims zero terrorist attacks by refugees admitted to the US.

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/258440-we-risk-more-in-not-accepting-syrian-refugees-into-the-us

64   MisdemeanorRebel   2015 Nov 19, 9:37am  

YesYNot says

Here's another source that claims zero terrorist attacks by refugees admitted to the US.

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/258440-we-risk-more-in-not-accepting-syrian-refugees-into-the-us

It's not a source, it's a study of violence surrounding refugee camps.

Another Quickly, quickly, quickly, take in the refugees. No vetting, no triage, let them in fast!!!

65   FNWGMOBDVZXDNW   2015 Nov 19, 9:53am  

thunderlips11 says

Another Quickly, quickly, quickly, take in the refugees. No vetting, no triage, let them in fast!!!

No one is asking to skip the vetting process or even to do things quickly.

66   MisdemeanorRebel   2015 Nov 19, 9:59am  

YesYNot says

No one is asking to skip the vetting process or even to do things quickly.

The vetting process is a joke. You get official records by bribing officials, which is how most official documentation in Third World Countries are created. There is no way to tell fake from real because both are done in the Government Office by the people who make the "real" documentations, on the same stationary with the same stamps.

67   Y   2015 Nov 19, 10:02am  

Yup.
The only reasonable strategy is to take in the women and children lowering the overall risk, and send the men back to fight for their country.

thunderlips11 says

The vetting process is a joke.

68   Strategist   2015 Nov 19, 10:02am  

HydroCabron says

MMR says

because they are muslims first and indians second

Hitler says the same about Jews: they never adopt the nationality of countries they inhabit.

I'll dig up my copy of Mein Kampf later. It is in my storage locker.

Hydro, there is no difference between Islam and Hitler. They say and act the same.
Hitler started WW2, Islam started WW3. The difference..... Hitler had friends, Islam has no friends.

69   Philistine   2015 Nov 19, 10:15am  

SoftShell says

The only reasonable strategy is to take in the women and children lowering the overall risk, and send the men back to fight for their country.

You think they won't just send in the women and children with strap-on bombs? I think there is a verse about that in the Koh-ran.

70   Y   2015 Nov 19, 10:17am  

Lowers the risk...does not eliminate it...

Philistine says

You think they won't just send in the women and children with strap-on bombs? I think there is a verse about that in the Koh-ran

71   turtledove   2015 Nov 19, 10:17am  

YesYNot says

No one is asking to skip the vetting process or even to do things quickly.

How would you even vet for such a thing? Criminals of all kinds surprise people with their actions.... "He was always a quiet young man. Never played loud music. Always polite." You cannot really know what's going on in someone's head. A radical fundamentalist doesn't have to admit to being such on his tourist visa application. Unless a person is a well-known higher-up in the terrorist organization, would we really be able to find out which "little guys" attended meetings and subscribe to fundamentalist beliefs? Do they keep attendance records when they hold their meetings in caves? Even for the moms and children... You don't know what those mommas are teaching their kids. How would you vet for that? Osama was once a little boy. The desire to remove oneself from a dangerous place to one that is safe is pretty basic need for a mother with children. That doesn't mean that they are going to check their beliefs at the border.

72   Strategist   2015 Nov 19, 10:21am  

Philistine says

SoftShell says

The only reasonable strategy is to take in the women and children lowering the overall risk, and send the men back to fight for their country.

You think they won't just send in the women and children with strap-on bombs? I think there is a verse about that in the Koh-ran.

Muslims are preached to love their Prophet more than their children. They can be sacrificed.

73   Philistine   2015 Nov 19, 10:23am  

turtledove says

would we really be able to find out which "little guys" attended meetings and subscribe to fundamentalist beliefs?

Worse. What about those that sympathize from afar, but are never directly involved in organized activity? All it takes is once for somebody to surprise us with criminal actions.

turtledove says

doesn't mean that they are going to check their beliefs at the border.

Forget The Other. I know plenty of people that live right in my own city and work in my very own office that barely conceal their beliefs specific to their racial, ethnic, 3rd-generation-nationality, indeed, even *individual* experience, that they will spend a lifetime Not Checking at the Door, let alone any border.

74   MisdemeanorRebel   2015 Nov 19, 10:27am  

"The Danish Infidels took my 40-year old husband away. I, Aisha, 14 years old of the Bakalaka Clan, vow revenge. I will name my son Mua'dib Al-Lisan Al-Grozny, he will terrorize these disgusting Shirk apes! He will be raised with the knife! We will take their money and their disgusting oatmeal food, fit for only camels and monkeys, and rise up with the righteousness of God against these destroyers of Holy Sanctified Marriage and Goodness! What filth they make me go through, to declare my Legal Islamic Marriage haram under the false Crusader Ape Pig Law by those who add Gods to God to 40-year old Mohammed Al-Baldy as his second wife, as performed by Imam Bakaklakadaka and the approval of my Mother, Father, Grandmother, and Aunt Dirkadirka!"

76   FNWGMOBDVZXDNW   2015 Nov 19, 2:08pm  

turtledove says

How would you even vet for such a thing? Criminals of all kinds surprise people with their actions.... "He was always a quiet young man. Never played loud music. Always polite." You cannot really know what's going on in someone's head. A radical fundamentalist doesn't have to admit to being such on his tourist visa application. Unless a person is a well-known higher-up in the terrorist organization, would we really be able to find out which "little guys" attended meetings and subscribe to fundamentalist beliefs? Do they keep attendance records when they hold their meetings in caves? Even for the moms and children... You don't know what those mommas are teaching their kids. How would you vet for that? Osama was once a little boy. The desire to remove oneself from a dangerous place to one that is safe is pretty basic need for a mother with children. That doesn't mean that they are going to check their beliefs at the border.

The process was explained in some source or other I posted over the last couple of days. It's not perfect of course. But according to the sources I've found no one who has gone through the process has committed any terrorist act in the US. We let 60,000 to 70,000 refugees into the US every year. http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/just-facts/refugees-fact-sheet

Here's a page that discusses Syrian refugees. http://www.vox.com/explainers/2015/11/16/9745318/syrian-refugees-us-isis

Looks like the House agrees with you.

http://www.vox.com/2015/11/19/9762054/congress-obama-refugees-syria

I would imagine that once in the US, these people would be watched carefully rather than just dumped in and forgotten about.

77   curious2   2015 Nov 19, 2:15pm  

YesYNot says

according to the sources I've found...I would imagine

There's your problem. Anybody on the Interwebs can find sources (often driven by advocacy) they want to believe, and then imagine what they want to imagine. For example, a guy from HRW (an organization that I respect) claimed (falsely), "There’s 70,000 refugees coming to the United States every year, and not a single one has been involved in a terrorist incident." His claim had already been proven definitely false, beyond a reasonable doubt, but that didn't stop him from saying it. Thunderlips11 listed examples, and as I said before I've read of more. At some point, you have to engage critical analysis and judgment. Otherwise you end up like bgamall with his conspiracy theories, or partisans/sectarians who live in almost equally unreal parallel universes. Of course bgamall might say the dead and injured are all actors, and the arrests are fake or baseless, but his repeating it doesn't make it so. There have definitely been cases of Muslim refugees engaging in terrorism in the USA, including arrests and fatalities.

Here are two more for you:

"Former Iraqi Terrorists Living in Kentucky Sentenced for Terrorist Activities "

"The men were living in the United States and had been granted refugee status, despite their insurgency activities in Iraq and their role in attacking U.S. troops."

These are actual cases, convicted after being proved beyond a reasonable doubt. The fact that some advocates continue saying it's never happened shows those advocates cannot be trusted: they are either ignorant or lying.

In fact, even your own linked source acknowledges arrests and convictions, which makes me wonder why you stuck by your claim:

YesYNot says

curious2 says

YesYNot says

There have been zero arrests of refugees for terrorism in the US since 2001.

What is your source for that assertion? I have read of three cases, and I don't presume to know of most, let alone all. Furthermore, calling ISIL/Daesh "a positive influence" is not an arrestable offense, even though it suggests an alarming risk level.

http://www.cato.org/blog/syrian-refugees-dont-pose-serious-security-threat

That link says that "three have been convicted of planning terrorist attacks...." You said zero, and cited as your source a document that says three. Thunderlips11 and I have listed at least five, and neither of us claims to know of every example.

78   MisdemeanorRebel   2015 Nov 19, 2:22pm  

YesYNot says

The process was explained in some source or other I posted over the last couple of days. It's not perfect of course. But according to the sources I've found no one who has gone through the process has committed any terrorist act in the US. We let 60,000 to 70,000 refugees into the US every year. http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/just-facts/refugees-fact-sheet

I'll repost this. Two Refugees were AQ Operatives and busted by the FBI trying to buy arms. What's worse? They claimed to have killed US Soldiers in Iraq. They came under the 2009-system implaced by Obama.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/terrorists-refugee-program-settle-us/story?id=35252500

YesYNot says

I would imagine that once in the US, these people would be watched carefully rather than just dumped in and forgotten about.

Nope. Already lost track.

BATON ROUGE- State leaders blasted the feds Monday for not alerting them about 14 Syrian refugees who were resettled in Louisiana. It's unclear when they arrived.

The majority of them are in the New Orleans area, but one came to Baton Rouge two months ago. WBRZ has learned Catholic Charities helped the refugee who settled in Baton Rouge, but said the immigrant left for another state after a couple of days, and they don't know where the refugee went since they don't track them.


http://www.wbrz.com/news/catholic-charities-helped-syrian-refugee-in-baton-rouge

So, the state didn't know they were resettled there. Nobody in authority knows even when they arrived. And the refugee left for another state according to a Charity organization, and nobody knows where the fuck they are, certainly not the Catholic Charities the government dumped them on, since it's not Father Maieye's job.

Just more neolibcon head pats. "Don't you worry about it." If a Neolibcon says Don't Worry, be very worried.

79   FNWGMOBDVZXDNW   2015 Nov 19, 2:48pm  

curious2 says

There's the problem. Anybody on the Interwebs can find sources (often driven by advocacy) they want to believe, and then imagine what they want to imagine. I have seen sources claiming that no refugees have been arrested for terrorism, but they're wrong. Thunderlips11 listed examples, and as I said before I've read of more. At some point, you have to engage critical analysis and judgment.

My critical analysis tools allowed me to differentiate between someone who entered through the refugee program (aka a refugee) from the child of someone who entered on a tourist visa (Boston bombers). Do you agree that there is a difference? Do you consider the Boston bombers to be refugees and think that they are proof that the refugee program does not work?

In addition to keeping an open and critical mind, it is important to not be swept up with the fear-driven crowd thinking that big tragic and dramatic events inspire. A lot of what we do as a society is reactionary and illogical. Events like 9/11 and the Paris attack bring that out in spades.

bgamall is on my ignore list, b/c he is a nut job spewing nonsense that is wrong in every sense of the word. Sometimes it's best to just ignore and not engage.

I haven't been selectively ignoring articles that are contrary to what I've posted. I just haven't found any.

Abdulazeez came over when he was 3 years old. Mohamed Osman Mohamud was recruited in the US, and that is how the FBI found him. I don't know how ether came into the country, and I don't know how old Mohamud was. These examples suggest that kids of people from these countries are susceptible to recruitment. These are examples of foreign born kids people turning bad, but it's not clear that they were refugees.

80   curious2   2015 Nov 19, 2:56pm  

YesYNot says

Do you consider the Boston bombers to be refugees

Reading to respond to your questions, I found this in the Washington Post:

"Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said the Tsarnaevs had received refugee status. The parents of the Tsarnaev brothers reached the United States on tourist visas and applied for asylum. To get asylum, an applicant must meet the definition of a refugee, but unlike a refugee he or she has already reached the United States and is subject to a different application process. After the Tsarnaevs obtained asylee status, they successfully applied for derivative asylee status for their children. The story has been corrected."

I had seen sources calling them refugees, but I can believe they were asylees instead.

YesYNot says

I haven't been selectively ignoring articles that are contrary to what I've posted. I just haven't found any.

The article that you linked to contradicted you.

YesYNot says

These examples suggest that kids of people from these countries are susceptible to recruitment.

Thanks for acknowledging that at least. Under the 14th Amendment, any kids born here are citizens, and surveys show 10% of Muslim Americans support the death penalty for cartoons of Mohammed. I've posted separately about the ongoing machete murders of writers and publishers in Bangladesh, for example. If you want to help the Muslim refugees who claim that they want to return to their homes, then advocate that they should be sheltered nearer to where they live, e.g. Saudi Arabia.

81   FNWGMOBDVZXDNW   2015 Nov 19, 3:02pm  

curious2 says

That link says that "three have been convicted of planning terrorist attacks...." You said zero, and cited as your source a document that says three. Thunderlips11 and I have listed at least five, and neither of us claims to know of every example.

Those were convicted for helping terrorism outside of the US. My original quote was based on terrorism in the US. I will admit that there was some serious parsing of terms wherever I got the original quote. Arguing the point with you and Thunderlips has clarified the issue quite a bit for me, and I admit that it is a rational (if overblown) fear.

82   curious2   2015 Nov 19, 3:07pm  

YesYNot says

it is a rational (if overblown) fear.

I can likewise admit that the leading causes of death in America are heart disease and cancer, and will likely remain so even if we bring in 10k refugees from Syria. The issue of Muslim terrorism, however, is the tip of a dangerous spear. As others have written, Islam differs fundamentally from other religions; it combines the global missionary proseletyizing of late New Testament Christianity with the holy violence of early Old Testament Judaism. A very substantial % of Muslims tend to be Muslim first, all else second. Even in America, half say that a Mohammed cartoon should be a criminal offense, and 10% say it should be a capital offense. I see on the left a zeal for compassion bordering on Christian martyrdom, and a categorical refusal to think through the consequences of policy decisions. It is the "logic" of Christian martyrdom and Obamneycare: the more it costs, in blood and treasure, the more virtuous the believers feel for having sacrificed so much. Surely, they shall be rewarded in the certainty of the resurrection. Meanwhile, those of us who live here on earth have more earthly concerns. You can feel virtuous or whatever for proclaiming your coercive generosity and recycling to atone for your conspicuous consumption, but I would prefer not to have Charlie Hebdo massacres here like those in Bangladesh; even if the % murdered is not large enough to change dramatically the overall mortality statistics, the consequences for the culture (including terror and self-censorship) can be profound.

83   FNWGMOBDVZXDNW   2015 Nov 19, 3:11pm  

thunderlips11 says

YesYNot says

I would imagine that once in the US, these people would be watched carefully rather than just dumped in and forgotten about.

Nope. Already lost track.

I'm not convinced that the federal agencies lost track, but think they ought to be looping in state authorities. I would fully support a program whereby refugees are required to check in with handlers. That doesn't seem like a big imposition.

If the government is not using these people to help learn about foreign terrorist recruiters and activities, then they are asleep on the job. It seems like they are surveiling them, though, as they have intercepted a number of these guys.

curious2 says

If you want to help the Muslim refugees who claim that they want to return to their homes, then advocate that they should be sheltered nearer to where they live, e.g. Saudi Arab

I'm not advocating that we take them all. It is just bad form to help create such a boondogle, and then expect everyone else to do the right thing by the people who are legitimately displaced.

84   curious2   2015 Nov 19, 3:17pm  

YesYNot says

bad form to help create such a boondogle, and then expect everyone else to do the right thing

That's an argument against invading Iraq (which W decided to do and then-Senators Clinton and JFKerry voted to authorize), bombing Libya and Syria (Hillary's war and Kerry's war, respectively, and both on O's watch), all without planning for refugees' need for local shelter. It isn't an argument to bring people to America who reject American democracy. That isn't "the right thing," it's murder. I had a similar conversation recently with someone who said Napoleon had drowned Muslims, as if that excused some number of murders in Paris. See above regarding Christian martyrdom (I update my comments with sources and clarifications). The Californians murdered in Paris were too young to have even voted for W, but they got murdered because somebody thought it was "the right thing," and even their Obamneycare could not save them. The military industrial complex and the medical industrial complex have their mouthpieces working overtime selling wars and pills, and everybody gets conscripted into it, and honestly I don't agree about it being "the right thing;" likewise, perceptions of "bad form" worry me less than other, more practical, concerns.

85   FNWGMOBDVZXDNW   2015 Nov 19, 3:28pm  

curious2 says

You can feel all virtuous or whatever proclaiming your coercive generosity, but I would prefer not to have Charlie Hebdo massacres here like those in Bangladesh; even if the % murdered is not large enough to change dramatically the overall mortality statistics, the consequences for the culture (including terror and self-censorship) can be profound.

My views aren't based on a feeling of virtuosity, it's just a difference of opinion. I truly do believe that fear is driving a very reactionary response right now, and it is similar to what happened after 9/11, except on a small scale.

In my mind, overreacting to these terrorists legitimizes them. Killing a few hundred people is sad, but it's nothing. Getting us to go to war in Iraq was huge. The overreaction gives them power that they otherwise couldn't dream of. Krugman had a good post about this on Monday. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/16/opinion/fearing-fear-itself.html?_r=0.

curious2 says

even if the % murdered is not large enough to change dramatically the overall mortality statistics, the consequences for the culture (including terror and self-censorship) can be profound

It sure would be nice if we had leaders who could help put these attacks into perspective, so that we could worry more about real risks and less about overreactions (consequences for the culture).

curious2 says

A very substantial % of Muslims tend to be Muslim first, all else second. Even in America, half say that a Mohammed cartoon should be a criminal offense, and 10% say it should be a capital offense.

These numbers surprise me, but are in line with what I've read of muslim opinion in other western countries. The appropriate response IMO is to say that freedom of speech trumps freedom to not be offended. If I had my way, all religions would die out, but they are too useful for too many people for that to happen.

86   curious2   2015 Nov 19, 3:31pm  

YesYNot says

Killing a few hundred people is sad, but it's nothing.

I don't agree about it being "nothing", but I do agree it's sad.

As for Krugman, he can't even count honestly the number of tunnels under the Hudson River, and the commercial NY Times publishes his false claims as "opinion" (by which they seem to mean counterfactual advocacy), and I do suspect money changes hands (e.g. related to the tunnel project). They publish advocacy, to (mis)lead in service of a commercial agenda, e.g. Judith Miller and the NY Times supporting the Iraq war.

I suppose the lives lost can seem incidental, even "nothing," if you focus only on the goal ("doing the right thing," selling more wars and pills in the name of "helping" and avoiding "bad form").

87   MisdemeanorRebel   2015 Nov 19, 3:39pm  

YesYNot says

Those were convicted for helping terrorism outside of the US.

Oh come now. So if they assisted with terrorism outside the US, that's no indicator they will assist with terrorism in the US?

Good thing we don't apply this standard of thinking to non political criminals, such as those who have murdered or raped in their countries of origin, when they try to immigrate.

"Well, Jorge was arrested three times for raping women in Guyana. But I don't see how that means he'll rape American women. American women aren't Guyanese Women Let him in!"

This is what we mean when we say "People bend over backwards" to justify mass refugee admittance.

88   FNWGMOBDVZXDNW   2015 Nov 19, 3:40pm  

curious2 says

I had a similar conversation recently with someone who said Napoleon had drowned Muslims, as if that excused some number of murders in Paris.

I agree with this. There was no justification for the bombings in Paris. I've never thought or said or implied that there was.

curious2 says

and honestly I don't agree about it being "the right thing;" likewise, perceptions of "bad form" worry me less than other, more practical, concerns.

That's fine. We don't have to agree. But it's not about perceptions. It's about doing the right thing, and I believe in cleaning up my own mess. I believe it's the right thing for a country to do as well. To me, the risk is small and worth taking.

Perceptions are important, too, but not so that people like us. It's because being overly anti-Muslim and reactionary is likely to help ISIS and other extreme Muslim groups to recruit members. It might help convert people who are born in the US and already here.

89   curious2   2015 Nov 19, 3:47pm  

YesYNot says

We don't have to agree. But it's not about perceptions. It's about doing the right thing, and I believe in cleaning up my own mess... To me, the risk is small and worth taking.

Fine, go to Syria and help those people clean up. Don't pretend that you're doing "the right thing" when you conscipt other people into getting killed, simply because the statistical risk to you personally is remote. Killing hundreds of people isn't "nothing", especially when the murderers are trying to kill more than that.

YesYNot says

Perceptions are important, too, but not so that people like us. It's because being overly anti-Muslim and reactionary is likely to help [Daesh] and other extreme Muslim groups to recruit members. It might help convert people who are born in the US and already here.

Fear of how Muslims will perceive you is a terrible reason to do anything. When they say they want to kill you, whether in the worst possible way or some other way, don't offer to meet them halfway. Religious charlatans don't compromise, they merely wait for the opportunity to fulfill their quest, one step at a time.

90   FortWayne   2015 Nov 19, 4:09pm  

It's just common sense, you don't bring in refugees from a country you are actively bombing.

What we call terrorists out here, these people might call their saviors.

#politics

91   MisdemeanorRebel   2015 Nov 19, 5:48pm  

Confirmed by the DHS: The two Al Qaeda operatives nabbed by FBI trying to smuggle arms abroad were indeed admitted as Refugees.

Two al Qaeda terrorists who had killed American soldiers were able to enter the country as refugees, according to a report released Wednesday from the House Homeland Security committee.

Waad Ramadan Alwan and Mohanad Shareef Hammadi, two Iraqi refugees settled in Bowling Green, Kentucky, after killing American soldiers, whom they bragged about having “for lunch and dinner.” In 2010, they were caught handling weapons, including included a machine gun and a missile launcher, that they planned to smuggle to insurgents in Iraq.


http://freebeacon.com/national-security/report-al-qaeda-terrorists-entered-united-states-through-refugee-program/

WAPO factchecker: Two Pinnochios to the claim not one refugee has been convicted of terrorism. Why? Relies on overly technical/legalistic definition of Refugee (vs. "Asylum" Status, for example) and "Domestic Terrorism".
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/11/19/the-viral-claim-that-not-one-refugee-resettled-since-911-has-been-arrested-on-domestic-terrorism-charge

The Neolib/cons are sneaky bastards. They deliberately mislead with the Technical difference between Asylum and Refugee, with the only major difference being where you apply, knowing that the general public is not composed wholly of Immigration Lawyers who would spot the Shell Game.

92   MMR   2015 Nov 19, 9:53pm  

YesYNot says

Do you consider the Boston bombers to be refugees and think that they are proof that the refugee program does not work?

I don't see the nepalis and ethiopian christians doing shit in Atlanta. So yes, I guess it works. But I see somalis doing shit in minneapolis and detroit. So no, I guess it doesn't work.

93   MMR   2015 Nov 19, 9:55pm  

curious2 says

Don't pretend that you're doing "the right thing" when you conscipt other people into getting killed, simply because the statistical risk to you personally is remote.

How noble, enough to make a chicken hawk proud.

94   MMR   2015 Nov 19, 10:00pm  

curious2 says

Fear of how Muslims will perceive you is a terrible reason to do anything. When they say they want to kill you, whether in the worst possible way or some other way, don't offer to meet them halfway. Religious charlatans don't compromise, they merely wait for the opportunity to fulfill their quest, one step at a time.

My thinking is different having spent time in India the world's largest democracy and 2nd largest muslim population in the world. Most of the comments come from people with limited exposure. Most of these people have never even had close contacts with muslims much less attempted to have a conversation about religion with someone they think is 'moderate'.

I have muslim friends but we never talk about shit like France or Benghazi or religion or anything that most non-muslims would think is stupid about the Quran. Thus my friendships are 'arms-length'.

General rule of thumb: the longer the beard the more likely to be radical.

Of course exceptions exist, but why take a risk trying to help the suicide bomber yelling 'help?'

95   MMR   2015 Nov 19, 10:12pm  

curious2 says

A very substantial % of Muslims tend to be Muslim first

Muslims in India since the Mughal empire and before still mostly feel this way. Also largest source of insurgency in India as well. But I'm waiting for the apologists to whitewash facts.

Honor killings don't make the news in India, not because it isn't newsworthy, but because talking about it probably would lead to hair-trigger rioting if it;s a muslim. In fairness, It's also fairly common amongst illiterate North Indian hindus also.

At least since 2011, the Supreme Court in India is saying that those involved in honor killings should face the death penalty, reported by none other than the venerable BBC. Still, more than I can say about countries where people prefer Sharia law.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-30125116

Here is some fire for the muslim apologists: honor killing isn't an islamic problem but a 'universal problem'

http://www.meforum.org/3287/hindu-muslim-honor-killings

From article (as I said before reading this) Though no less gruesome, the Hindu honor killings seem largely confined to the north of India and are perpetuated by sociocultural factors largely specific to India. Translation: lower caste Illiterates.

96   MMR   2015 Nov 19, 10:15pm  

Harry Potter actress beaten and threatened with death for dating non-Muslim...she comes from a liberal muslim family because conservative families wouldn't even support her acting career

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/dec/20/harry-potter-actor-attacked-allegation

Most hated comments are the ones closest to the truth:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1340222/Harry-Potter-actress-beaten-branded-prostitute-brother-dating-man-Muslim.html#comments

98   mell   2015 Nov 19, 11:03pm  

Fucked By Goats Ironman says

mell says

but to say there is none is a blatant lie.

To say that there is none is to have made something up and put it in the mouth of someone else who never said it. You're lying. Please try not to do that, or at least not to do it so poorly.

Sometimes it's just better to show some grace and not argue every point.even if you think people are overreacting. This hit home for many and the last thing people need is being constantly lectured. Half of the states already made their decision and they did so very clearly, so did many European countries, what is so hard to understand about it?

« First        Comments 59 - 98 of 148       Last »     Search these comments

Please register to comment:

api   best comments   contact   latest images   memes   one year ago   random   suggestions