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Arab world's wealthiest nations doing next to nothing for Syria's refugees


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2015 Sep 5, 12:03pm   19,280 views  55 comments

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/09/04/the-arab-worlds-wealthiest-nations-are-doing-next-to-nothing-for-syrias-refugees/

A fair amount of attention has fallen on the failure of many Western governments to adequately address the burden on Syria's neighboring countries, which are struggling to hostthe brunt of the roughly 4 million Syrians forced out of the country by its civil war. ...

Less ire, though, has been directed at another set of stakeholders who almost certainly should be doing more: Saudi Arabia and the wealthy Arab states along the Persian Gulf.

As Amnesty International recently pointed out, the "six Gulf countries -- Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain -- have offered zero resettlement places to Syrian refugees." This claim was echoed by Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, on Twitter

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52   anonymous   2015 Sep 12, 9:32pm  

jvolstad says

Why don't these refugees stay and fight for their country?

because they're "soccer fags" - whining to the referee to issue a card.

53   MisdemeanorRebel   2015 Sep 15, 4:13pm  

Actually, it's

"Families make decision to leave safe Turkish camps and housing where they have access to food, medical care, and clothing, to march off to Europe where they can have a great life as German Welfare Recipients"

54   MisdemeanorRebel   2015 Sep 15, 4:16pm  


actually that is literally true, so why should he be in any trouble at all for saying it? the Germans did deport Jews from France and did accept vast numbers of Arabs. this is pure PC-shaming of someone who is simply speaking about historical facts. freedom of speech loses again.

Yep. And I guarantee you if any Jew in France is on welfare, it's because they're working on their PhD in Biochemistry and will end up paying 50% tax on a big fat salary developing the next hairloss drug, paying it all back while growing the economy.

55   Strategist   2015 Sep 15, 5:56pm  

thunderlips11 says


actually that is literally true, so why should he be in any trouble at all for saying it? the Germans did deport Jews from France and did accept vast numbers of Arabs. this is pure PC-shaming of someone who is simply speaking about historical facts. freedom of speech loses again.

Yep. And I guarantee you if any Jew in France is on welfare, it's because they're working on their PhD in Biochemistry and will end up paying 50% tax on a big fat salary developing the next hairloss drug, paying it all back while growing the economy.

The next wonder drug could well come from a Jew, while the next massacre of innocent people will undoubtedly come from an Arab.

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