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25. There are homeless and hungry and poor in Germany and France and Britain, they make no such

Sun Sep 13, 2015, 07:31 PM

Sep 2015

excuses, Jordan made no such excuses like " not enough water" - see post on thread- and America is richer, more wide open spaces and resources....and also bears historical responsibility for regime changes creating these refugees...would you not also flee ISIS and Assad and the various blood thirsty factions that respect nothing...not to mention not wanting to be meeting your Creator with a sign hanging on you and your family as being an F-15's "collateral damage"?

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Sanders won't put a number on how many refugees U.S. should accept [View all] riversedge Sep 2015 OP

Rightfully so ram2008 Sep 2015 #1

Agreed Sherman A1 Sep 2015 #4

Wait until the oceans rise 2-3 more feet. Elmer S. E. Dump Sep 2015 #46

That's how I feel. 840high Sep 2015 #28

The Statute of Liberty must be weeping at the refused huddled masses as she gazes across the Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #2

"Saudi has over 2 million" oberliner Sep 2015 #3

I think America should accept these regime change refugees equal or same as Germany, per capita, so around 400 000. And you? Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #8

I am asking about the 2 million number for Saudi Arabia oberliner Sep 2015 #12

These 100,000 tents that could house 2 million Syrians, IF they were only Sunni, right? ancianita Sep 2015 #59

No. We can't even 840high Sep 2015 #30

Sure...folks and families are dropping dead of starvation in the streets and football stadiums like flies. Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #31

Look up the 840high Sep 2015 #33

+100 !! (NT) PosterChild Sep 2015 #40

Oh please. We take in the most immigrants in the world yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #15

How about zero? bigwillq Sep 2015 #5

How about America taking responsibility for what it created, show some compassion, and stop the demonization? Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #10

How about we show some compassion bigwillq Sep 2015 #20

.......sigh.......I am on DU?? Right?? Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #21

Hard to tell sometimes Rose Siding Sep 2015 #48

Conservatives certainly are not going to help refugees. The right builds border walls, burns down pampango Sep 2015 #51

This message was self-deleted by its author Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #21

I don't know Fred.... Plucketeer Sep 2015 #24

There are homeless and hungry and poor in Germany and France and Britain, they make no such Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #25

Well, OK Plucketeer Sep 2015 #34

Proximity matters. Igel Sep 2015 #35

Your quote from Pres. Roosevelt is rather pertinent. DRoseDARs Sep 2015 #18

...^ that 840high Sep 2015 #32

Absolutely agree Reter Sep 2015 #36

I think just throwing out a number might be foolish, but I do hope there is an effort underway djean111 Sep 2015 #6

That's a clown question. Major Hogwash Sep 2015 #7

Martin O'Malley Calls for U.S. to Accept 65,000 Syrian Refugees oberliner Sep 2015 #9

I fully support that, but the number should be multiple times higher...a second Peace Prize awaits.. Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #11

You do know many parts of the United States has water problems yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #16

I like O'Malley but ram2008 Sep 2015 #13

I was just gonna say that Plucketeer Sep 2015 #27

It's a reasonable question to ask, but it's also OK to reply "I can't say yet" muriel_volestrangler Sep 2015 #17

The courageous politicians have thought it through and given actual figures and actual support and Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #23

I'm glad both O'Malley and Sanders are addressing this. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2015 #14

09/09/15, --> Hillary has addressed this issue. Also stated in OP riversedge Sep 2015 #19

That is worth noting. n/t Comrade Grumpy Sep 2015 #39

I agree. How can we know how big the issue is. glinda Sep 2015 #26

I would like to hear PASSION about the issue of compassion....not more somber speeches on this crisis. Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #29

You need emotional drama in order to stay interested? Huh, I would not have expected that. DisgustipatedinCA Sep 2015 #54

Don't send them to Detroit unless they have money for water. And be sure to let them know jtuck004 Sep 2015 #37

You cannot eat on $190 a month? FrodosPet Sep 2015 #45

Where do you get the $190 a month? Food stamps are jwirr Sep 2015 #49

Ironically, many people, elected officials, have found they cannot. You, by some privilege, have jtuck004 Sep 2015 #64

"Don't send them to Detroit unless they have money for water." EX500rider Sep 2015 #61

One thing about refugees is that I would guess that some would want to go back if and when davidpdx Sep 2015 #38

I suggest 10 refugees for every bomb we've dropped on Syria or 100 for every civilian death by drone cpompilo Sep 2015 #41

cnn is anti bernie restorefreedom Sep 2015 #42

Maybe because Sanders made news by being asked in a interview? brooklynite Sep 2015 #52

i realize he was asked a question restorefreedom Sep 2015 #53

We took in over 200K Vietnamese in the late 70s TexasBushwhacker Sep 2015 #43

There were no Vietnamese terrorist groups. former9thward Sep 2015 #44

I struggle with the ISIS issue TexasBushwhacker Sep 2015 #47

Refugees go through a lengthy screening process before resettled in the United States, the chances.. Humanist_Activist Sep 2015 #55

Ditto for the Somalis here in Minnesota. geardaddy Sep 2015 #57

A lot of it is the screening process, which I do view as necessary, these are people that get a... Humanist_Activist Sep 2015 #58

I agree completely. geardaddy Sep 2015 #60

Yeah, we have the largest population of Bosnians in the world outside of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Humanist_Activist Sep 2015 #62

I hope we do have a competition for that. geardaddy Sep 2015 #63

What about Somalis? n/t geardaddy Sep 2015 #56

Yes, you just pointed the real problem out. Many of jwirr Sep 2015 #50