Immigration is one of the focal points of discussion now that the political campaigns have begun. A question being asked is: “What should be done about the border dividing the USA and Mexico?”
The scope of the immigration question is not limited to the USA. The European Union (EU) is trying to resolve the same dilemma, and it is perhaps even more difficult.
The decisions of some countries will be influenced by the atrocities of the Ottoman Empire when their army of Muslims conquered Hungary and other nations. Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary, has attacked EU policy. He believes the influx of Muslim refugees is a threat to Europe.
The Washington Post has reported that, “Some European countries have been criticized for offering sanctuary only to a small number of refugees, or for discriminating between Muslims and Christians. There’s also been a good deal of continental hand-wringing over the general dysfunction of Europe’s systems for migration and asylum.”
Why is Europe and even the USA being criticized? The solution to this problem and the responsibility to act, falls directly into the lap of Syria’s Muslim neighbors. Countries like Saudi Arabia and the other wealthy Arab states along the Persian Gulf have a vast supply of oil, but they have turned a deaf ear to Syria’s squeaky wheel.
As I think of the plight of these downtrodden families who are trying to escape the horrors of war, I’m left with two questions: Is the EU practicing discrimination when they try to limit the number of Muslim refugees from Syria, or is the action of the EU discriminating wisdom?
When the EU opens the door to their borders, they open them to more than innocent migrants. They also open the door to terrorist wolves dressed in sheep’s clothing.
Is it just me or do you also think it’s odd? The same countries that refer to the USA as the Great Satan are now appealing to our Christian values to help their outcasts? Since Saudi Arabia has been blessed with the oil can, they should oil the squeaky wheel of their neighbor.
The picture to the left was taken about a year ago today. When it was snapped, member’s of the Army’s Fourth Stryker Brigade Combat Team had hitched a ride on a C-17 transport, and they were returning home after a nine month tour of duty in Afghanistan.
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