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Old 11-17-2015, 06:12 AM
 
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What country? Their own government is killing citizens with Sarin gas, how do you expect them to fight back against that? I don't think there's any doubt they are actually refugees, not pretend ones.
The Ghouta attack was done by the Al Nusra Front Al Qaeda rebels aided by Turkish intelligence. It was exposed in the Seymour Hersh article in the New Yorker. The chemicals came from a Turkish chemical company MKE. There were stockpiles of Sarin gas found across the border by Turkish police.
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Old 11-17-2015, 06:33 AM
 
Location: Logan Township, Minnesota
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I'm not talking about Americans of Syrian ancestry. Those people are called (wait for it!) - AMERICANS.

I'm saying that it's pretty ironic and ridiculous to send Americans into combat situations in Syria when the world is being flooded by able bodied, healthy young men and women from that very same country who should be just as willing and able to learn the art of combat as Americans of the same age.
While there probably are some able-bodied men among the Syrian refugees. Looking at the pictures it seems they are the minority.

I suspect the majority of the able-bodied are staying in Syria to fight ISIS. I also am suspicious of able-bodied young men among the refugees. They should be in Syria defending their homes from ISIS>
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Old 11-17-2015, 06:51 AM
 
Location: Minnesota
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Since you support Keith Ellison and even campaign for him, it is not surprising then that you likely coordinate online activities with the likes of CAIR! CAIR has supported Ellison (not to mention HAMAS)!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYsKr3KSgMo
*sigh*
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Old 11-17-2015, 06:59 AM
 
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While there probably are some able-bodied men among the Syrian refugees. Looking at the pictures it seems they are the minority.

I suspect the majority of the able-bodied are staying in Syria to fight ISIS. I also am suspicious of able-bodied young men among the refugees. They should be in Syria defending their homes from ISIS>
The majority of refugees that make it to Europe are able bodied men. Camps in border countries on the other hand are largely populated by women and children.

Able bodied men are far better equipped to make that journey.
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Old 11-17-2015, 07:02 AM
 
Location: Wonderland
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The majority of refugees that make it to Europe are able bodied men. Camps in border countries on the other hand are largely populated by women and children.

Able bodied men are far better equipped to make that journey.
They should reserve their energy - they need to sign up to be part of a military force defending their nation.
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Old 11-17-2015, 07:13 AM
 
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If someone is going to go fight in Syria, let it be able bodied Syrians before Americans.
I didn't say Americans should fight in Syria. But don't lets pretend that Syrian refugees are just fleeing because ISIS has invaded. Their own government has been bombing the people for years. They can't join their own military, their own military is who they're fleeing from.

You called them "refugees". As if they really aren't.

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Amnesty International UK’s Syria Campaign Manager Kristyan Benedict told The Independent: “It’s absolutely no secret that the vast majority of civilian deaths in Syria have been at the hands of President Bashar al-Assad’s forces.

“Syrian government forces have launched indiscriminate attack after indiscriminate attack on the country’s beleaguered civilian population.

“Barrel bombings have become the most notorious of Assad’s forces’ tactics, but we mustn’t forget that countless people have also died at the hands of army snipers, through starvation in besieged areas, and at the hands of torturers in government detention centres.

“It’s important that ISIS’s many crimes are properly documented and the perpetrators brought to justice, but the far bigger killing machine in Syria is the one made in Damascus."
Syrian government forces responsible for more civilian deaths than Isis, human rights group claims | Middle East | News | The Independent
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Old 11-17-2015, 07:15 AM
 
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They should reserve their energy - they need to sign up to be part of a military force defending their nation.
Defending their nation from who, how?
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Old 11-17-2015, 07:16 AM
 
Location: Falls Church, Fairfax County
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Defending their nation from who, how?
Really that is not our problem to solve, nor is it anyone's obligation to let them in and to give them free stuffs.
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Old 11-17-2015, 07:19 AM
 
Location: Detroit, MI
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Since you support Keith Ellison and even campaign for him, it is not surprising then that you likely coordinate online activities with the likes of CAIR! CAIR has supported Ellison (not to mention HAMAS)!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYsKr3KSgMo
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Old 11-17-2015, 07:19 AM
 
Location: Falls Church, Fairfax County
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While there probably are some able-bodied men among the Syrian refugees. Looking at the pictures it seems they are the minority.
I have heard of beer goggles. Now I believe there must be muslim goggle's. LOL
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