Let me first say that in no way shape or form do I support the proposal by GOP Presidential candidate Donald J Trump to ban all Muslims from immigrating to the US. I believe that our immigration system is indeed broken and that we should indeed halt immigration including the various visa programs until the federal government can overhaul the system to not only provide better background/vetting processes for any and all foreigners wishing to enter our country. However as GOP Presidential Candidate and Senator Rand Paul has proposed that we should not have a religious test but an analytical approach that places a moratorium on all immigration from countries known to have high levels of terrorist activity. YES, the majority of the countries would be from the Middle East.
Lets face facts here, The United States has been meddling in the affairs of the Middle East from protecting Israel to overthrowing governments in Iran to disposing of dictators from Libya to Iraq since the 1950's. We have to be willing to first understand that in order to understand why we are being sought after by extremist groups. If we cannot come to that conclusion, then anything we do whether that be Rand Paul's sound idea or blindly destroy the very fabric of this nation by imposing a religious test for immigration will be all for nothing and only contribute to the already budding problems we face today in 2015. Democrats AND Republicans in DC are addicted to war and both sides have come together in this unholy alliance and decided that we are to interfere in yet another middle east country. This time Syria is the target. Then people are surprised when our President who has made it crystal clear from the beginning of his term that he would fundamentally transform America, brings in refugees of a war that the US has not declared on but obviously has fed by providing weapons and other forms of arms to both sides of the civil war in ISIS with contradictory goals of either helping or disposing of Assad.
The average person, thanks to the fear mongering from the likes of Fox News and militant "conservative" talk radio hosts. have seen this latest wave of refugees as nothing but a threat to their way of life and the frenzy is such that they are supporting a life long liberal that wants to use fascism to ban all Muslim immigration to the United States.
The problem here is on many fronts. For starters, the United States is 18 Trillion dollars in debt... Where is there money to take in these refugees? You know they aren't coming with funds in tow. Secondly, Why should tax payers be on the hook for bringing these people in who many are males of young fighting age who wouldn't even stay to protect their own homeland? I got a bigger question, why aren't these refugees being quartered at the houses of liberals that want to welcome them into this country at the taxpayers expense with little to no scrutiny? Why aren't the refugees being quartered at the homes of Republican neo-cons who thirst for war and are for the removal of Assad from power in Syria? Further more, why aren't these people willing to take personal responsibility for their actions since their political ideological beliefs lead them to support actions that lead to their displacement.
There is plenty to blame on both sides of the isles for the burdens that are brought to the United States due to the influx of Syrian refugees and its a burden that will be felt for the foreseeable future. What will NOT solve anything however, is the dismantling of our Constitutional Rights whether that be from the Liberal front in their relentless pursuit to insist that SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED means "Ok lets limit your arms capability", or whether that be from the far right wing that says "Lets Ban All Muslims", "Lets bug and raid ALL Mosques without search warrants".
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