re: Tucker Carlson brings logic to Syrian immigration debate with leftist

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Are you cool if they all move to your neighborhood?

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What are you talking about? Read the thread. How does this comment make any sense at all in the context of this thread?

I'm not advocating that more refugees come. I'm explaining why the U.S. takes in refugees. It is because we are part of a global order and there are 65 Million refugees and we took in 85,000 last year.

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Why don't you provide the proof that they were all vetted properly. Let's see the documents and the interviews

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Right. Hold on. Wait just a minute and I'll pull that up. Because, of course I have access to rhat information.

They have other ways of doing this. Do you think that terrorists are infiltrating refugee camps to go through a huge process where they might get picked to come to America and have no way of knowing that before they go in?

Nevermind. This is pointless. Believe what you want. I don't care.

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I was responding to the idiotic comment above that said that no Middle Eastern countries had taken in refugees and the countries south of Syria had taken in ZERO. That is totally false.

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I could've worded it wrong... Arab states.
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idiotic comment

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Turkey has taken in 2.7 million.

Little old Lebanon has taken in over 1 million.

Jordan (South of Syria) has taken in 655,000.

Egypt (South of Syria) has taken in 115,000.

Iraq, 227,000.

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Curious to know how the quality of life is in those countries right now. I can assure you it was absolute shite before; but add a few million Muslim refugees; I would dare to say it resembles a zombie apocalypse.

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Tucker Carlson brings logic to Syrian immigration debate with leftistLINK

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She literally never answered his question as to how does importing Muslim immigrants benefit the average American. All the left has is diversity as a pitiful excuse for an answer.

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What is the proper response to those that say we are a "nation of immigrants"?

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I'd have a few responses for this. First of all, nothing is as simple as a single phrase.

How many people do we let in before we implode? Our country can't harbor everyone. Unemployment is at record highs and the economy is fragile. The nation of immigrants you speak of was a young country in desperate need of workers. That's not who we are anymore.

How about legal immigrants, visa applicants, etc... why are we allowing Syrians and illegals to cut the line? Honest people with something to offer want to get in the right way.

What about national security? The review process liberals touted is a known sham. We have no clue who is coming in and if someone tells you its tax neutral, you should slap the pumpkin spice latte out of their hand.

Are these truly pilgrims in search of the American dream? By all accounts, these are proud Syrians simply trying to escape a deadly situation back home. Will they assimilate? Will they ever go home? Do they even want to be here?

It always troubles me to see average Joe dems support this policy. It's a classic example of a self serving political ploy that benefits Noone, yet they contort to defend it because they were told to.

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Why haven't other ME countries taken in refugees? Those south of Syria have taken in NONE...0...nada. They should be setting the first example as the neighboring countries.

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You have no idea what you are talking about. Middle eastern countries have been taking in millions of refugees since the late 1800s.



Lebanon is almost half refugee and immigrant now. Iraqis, Syrians, Palestinians, and don't forget Armenians.

Turkey has taken more than 2 million from Iraq and Syria since 2003

Jordan has lines at the border or Iraq and Syria full of future refugees. They also have massive Palestinian refugee populations. They took Iraqi Refugees since 2003.


You guys really have no idea what is going on in the middle east. I would just love it if people who don't understand what has occurred there would just shut the frick up about it.

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Curious to know how the quality of life is in those countries right now. I can assure you it was absolute shite before; but add a few million Muslim refugees; I would dare to say it resembles a zombie apocalypse.

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I can assure you that you are completely ignorant

Lebanon: econ freedom score of 59.0, GDP 98th ranked, population basically equals the greater Atlanta area.















Turkey: 18th ranked GDP, the vast majority of the population lives a european or near european QOL:


Jordan, 89th ranked GDP, one of the most economically free countries in the region. From wiki: Jordan is one of the most liberal countries in the Middle East with a secular government.[59] In the 2010 Human Development Index, Jordan was placed in the "high human development" bracket and came 7th among Arab countries, after the Persian Gulf states and Lebanon.[60] The 2010 Quality of Life Index prepared by International Living magazine ranked Jordan second in the MENA with 55.0 points after Israel.[61]

Decades of political stability and security and strict law enforcement make Jordan one of the top 10 countries worldwide in security.[62] In the 2010 Newsweek "World's Best Countries" list, Jordan ranked 53rd worldwide, and 3rd among Arab countries after Kuwait and the UAE.[63] Jordan is also among the top ten countries whose citizens feel safest walking the streets at night.[64]







Egypt is a massive and diverse economy with the 23rd ranked GDP.













Iraq has the 56th highest GDP in the world, and despite the massive invasion and current ISIL catastrophe caused by that invasion, has a functional economy. What you see on the news is not the whole of the country, and no, Iraq was not a "shite hole" before 2003 either. Baghdad and Mosul were massive international trading hubs. Of all these countries, Iraq is by far the least comfortable for the average person. It has also been at war since 2003.











You don't have to go through life stupid. We have the internet.