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tecelote

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3. I should ask you... are you saying we should not take the refugees in?

Reply to Waiting For Everyman (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 21, 2015, 08:20 AM

Nov 2015

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”

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To answer your question, we have a history of accepting refugees and terrorism from them is not as big an issue as so many other issues we face today.

How about this issue brought up by three US Air Force drone pilots:

Obama's drone war a 'recruitment tool' for Isis
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/18/obama-drone-war-isis-recruitment-tool-air-force-whistleblowers

Let's understand our priorities.

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Death in US caused by: Terrorists = 24 Citizens w/Guns = 280,024 [View all] tecelote Nov 2015 OP

So if a few terrorists slip in among the refugees it won't matter much? Waiting For Everyman Nov 2015 #1

I should ask you... are you saying we should not take the refugees in? tecelote Nov 2015 #3

And just what has that to do with MIC profits? Scuba Nov 2015 #2

Expenditures, not profits. tecelote Nov 2015 #4

Perpetual war is needed to ensure the MIC's perpetual profits. This is simple to see. Scuba Nov 2015 #5

True. Point made. Profit above all. tecelote Nov 2015 #6

Shhh! Helen Borg Nov 2015 #7

280,000 died from guns in the last decade - I can beat that Jarqui Nov 2015 #8

Yes, there's that too.. mountain grammy Nov 2015 #10

Slim chance of being killed by either one (nt) bigwillq Nov 2015 #9