Czech leader calls migrant wave in Europe an 'organised invasion'

[MowCowWhoHow III]

Source: AFP

Prague (AFP) - Czech President Milos Zeman, known for his anti-migrant comments, on Saturday called the current wave of refugees to Europe "an organised invasion", and that young men from Syria and Iraq should instead "take up arms" against the Islamic State (IS) group.

"I am profoundly convinced that we are facing an organised invasion and not a spontaneous movement of refugees," said Zeman in his Christmas message to the Czech Republic released Saturday.

He went on to say that compassion was "possible" for refugees who are old or sick and for children, but not for young men who in his view should be back home fighting against jihadists.

"A large majority of the illegal migrants are young men in good health, and single. I wonder why these men are not taking up arms to go fight for the freedom of their countries against the Islamic State," said Zeman, who was elected Czech president in early 2013.

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[philosslayer]

1. I bet this guy misses the "good old days" of the cold war too

[Proserpina]

2. Don't know how organized it is

Perhaps some are, the rest are just your average panicked, desperate masses.

A man of such keen perception ought to be able to sort them out real fast, though.

[saltpoint]

3. President Zeman needs to get in touch

with Jeb! Bush and get him over there right away.

Jeb says you can tell "by looking at them" which refugees are Christians.

So I'm sure he could tell which ones were organized and which were not.

Could save President Zeman a lot of paperwork...

Plus, immediately after the New Hampshire primary, I think Jeb! will suddenly find he has quite a bit of free time on his hands.

[sulphurdunn]

4. One serious consequence of the Bush

destabilization of the ME that began in 2003 has been the expansion of neo-fascist movements in Europe and the US.

[vkkv]

6. If the U.S. was divided in a way that had all Dems in a north that had a well functioning

economy as created by like-minded voters and the South with all the Repukes living in a struggling theocracy. I would absolutely be against allowing any Repukes voters moving north and I bet you would be, too.

[christx30]

7. And if there is anyone that understands

invasion, it's the Chezch republic.

[7962]

8. Exactly

[7962]

9. An uncontrolled mass influx into any country is bad news

Regardless of where it is. The system in place, regardless of the type of system, cannot take the shock of such an increase. Ignoring that fact just because you feel sorry for them is dangerous.
And we'll see as this coming year or two how it plays out

[area51]

10. Not to be OT, but

I'm wondering why the media has been largely silent on why other Arab speaking countries haven't taken in more refugees. It would be a lot easier to assimilate when they already speak the same language and have pretty much the same values.

[CJCRANE]

11. The gulf monarchies said they don't want to take in any Syrian refugees

because they are from a different culture and might be terrorists.

They are obviously racist and islamophobic.

[bdwker]

12. Saudi Arabia has made it clear they don't want them.

They apparently get a pass.

[romanic]

13. Well to be fair

if I was a refugee fleeing from jihadists , the last place I'd want to go is a monarchy that (more than likely) funded the jihadists in the first place.

[FarrenH]

15. I assume you mean "Arabic speaking"

and you mean apart from Jordan, Egypt Lebanon and Iraq which are hosting 2.1 million Syrian refugees. The media hasn't been silent about the Gulf states' reluctance to host refugees, at least not the international media. But most Syrian refugees don't want to go to Saudi Arabia, especially, considering they're used to a considerably more secular society.

[markmyword]

14. Syrian Migrants!

I don't know if this is organized or not, but Frontline had a program on Syria in November, 2015.

The journalist asked these teenage boys a question about life in Syria or their future and the young teenage boy said, when a boy turns 18 in Syria they are conscripted into the military for a year or more!!

I would think that's why we see so many well dressed young men, cellphones in hand, colored sneakers, if no one told me, I'd think they were Americans!