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(4,238 posts)Have family from both Syria and Iraq (we're part of a Christian minority in both countries.) Both sets say they would not have left had the US not involved. The Iraqis blame Bush for toppling Saddam, the Syrians for our backing of the rebels/terrorists. They find our lifestyle totally incomprehensible; we work too much and don't socialize enough (hence our productivity, I argue, and why the west is more advanced.) Our entertainment is immoral, people dress like slobs when they go out (as if everyone there dresses to the nines to go to the store), blah, blah, blah. I'm not blind to the injustices we committed over there, but I tire of the victim routine. Take some fucking responsibility for the fact that your countries are corrupt shitholes that prop up brutal dictators. And when any nation takes you in I firmly believe that you assimilate into your adopted country, regardless of the reasons why you arrived here. If you find the values of your new country to be completely unacceptable, well maybe it's time to consider a country whose laws and societies are more inline with your lifestyle.