Obama Responsible for European Refugee Crisis

[jwoodie]

Have any of you Obamanots figured out that his feckless foreign policy has led to chaos in the Middle East?

P.S. Please spare us the Blame Bush mantra. Every President is responsible for his own actions.

 

[waltky]

Shame, shame...

In rich Gulf Arab states, some feel shamed by refugee response
Sep 7, 2015, When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, fellow Gulf states raced to shelter thousands of displaced Kuwaitis. Fast forward 25 years, and the homeless from Syria's nearby war have found scant refuge in the Arab world's richest states.

For critics of the Gulf's affluent monarchies the contrast is profoundly unflattering, especially as several are backers of the combatants in Syria's conflict, so must, they argue, shoulder a special responsibility for its consequences. The wrenching image of a Syrian Kurdish refugee boy drowned on a Turkish beach has stoked debate in Europe. The official silence of Gulf Arab dynasties makes many Gulf citizens uneasy. Paintings and cartoons of the young boy's death crowded Arab social media, one depicting little Aylan Kurdi's corpse laid out before an open grave with inert figures in traditional Gulf Arab cloaks and robes holding shovels. Another showed the three-year old's head slumped toward a tombstone marked "the Arab conscience".

Sara Hashash of rights group Amnesty International called the Gulf Arab states' behaviour "utterly shameful" and criticised Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for officially taking in zero refugees. Turkey hosts almost 2 million, tiny Lebanon over a million and other restive and poor neighbours hundreds of thousands. The Gulf states' supporters say the numbers involved in Syria's crisis are vastly larger than in Kuwait's case. They point to the funding Gulf states have given to aid efforts in countries neighbouring Syria. "Qatar is very small and already donating to refugees in Jordan, Turkey and northern Iraq. For logistical reasons Qatar cannot take in large numbers of refugees so instead Qatar chooses to support them financially," said Abdullah Al-Athbah, editor in chief of Arab Newspaper.

But sympathy for Syria's refugees is on the rise. "It gives us a glimmer of hope after these recent drowning episodes to see broad campaigns of sympathy and solidarity with the issue of Syrian refugees by governments and peoples in some European countries," wrote Zeid al-Zeid in a column for Kuwait's Al-An newspaper on Sunday. "But it makes us sorry and makes us wonder about the absence of any official response by Arab states ... we're seeing a silence that's scandalous."

Sultan Sooud al Qassemi, a commentator in the United Arab Emirates, said he suspected Gulf States were wary of allowing in large numbers of politically vocal Arabs who might somehow influence a traditionally passive society. But he said Gulf states should open their doors to the refugees. "The Gulf states often complain that the Arabic language is underused and that our culture is under threat due to the large number of foreign immigrants," al Qassemi said. "Here is an opportunity to host a group of people who can help alleviate such concerns and are in need of refuge, fleeing a brutal war."

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[JakeStarkey]

No.

Obama Responsible for European Refugee Crisis

 

[Stephanie]

The horrible part of all this. Is I truly believe this was all planned and intentional. for one this administration Hates Israel. so stirring up these countries will be a threat to who in all this mess they've created? Mostly Israel and will eventually come back and hurt us in the future. Look at Clinton's foreign policy and then right after he left office we got 9/11.

and two: I see it as his way of Transforming our country. Think about it, how else was he going to it? he's relaxed all laws on Illegal immigrants and now we are being flooded with Refugees from countries that he bombed or the word has gotten around about how he's RELAXED things here for the Illegal immigrants so we have people from all around the third world countries flooding over our boarders
those are my thoughts on it. but it's too late for us. 20million illegal immigrants here already and gawd knows how many they will call Refugees will be coming.

This is the man who received a Nobel Peace prize.
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Countries bombed by the U.S. under the Obama administration
By Kevin Liptak, CNN

Updated 9:38 PM ET, Tue September 23, 2014

He's the war-ending President who, as of Tuesday, has ordered airstrikes in seven different countries (that we know of).

President Barack Obama has always acknowledged there are times when military force is necessary. Even when he accepted his Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, he said there could be instances when war is "morally justified."

But though he campaigned for the presidency on ending U.S.-led wars, Obama's administration has certainly been willing to use force when it sees fit.

Here are seven places where the Obama administration is known to have ordered airstrikes:

all of it here;
Countries bombed by the U.S. under Obama administration - CNNPolitics.com

And hardly a peep from all those ANTI- war on the left/libs or how he was creating MORE TERROIST by meddling in these countries. and if you notice, they've all be in the MIDDLE East.

 

[Shrimpbox]

Absolutely yes. And by the way did we have such a huge refugee crisis during the war with Iraq? When there is a leadership vacuum the world descends into chaos. This is only the beginning of obamas epic international failures.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Well hey every little thing in the world is Obama's fault so why not this too?

 

[Stephanie]

Absolutely yes. And by the way did we have such a huge refugee crisis during the war with Iraq? When there is a leadership vacuum the world descends into chaos. This is only the beginning of obamas epic international failures.

Yes it is. And I find all this very suspicious . Where in the hell was our CONGRESS who should have been overlooking all this?

 

[David_42]

Wow, you guys have found a way to blame everything on Obama..

 

[TheOldSchool]

Wow, you guys have found a way to blame everything on Obama..