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2015 Nov 24, 2:24pm   26,417 views  76 comments

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ah, i am getting at least some semi-automated pushback from my email to the white house opposing the large-scale importation of muslims. this means they are most likely actually counting pro vs con emails:

The White House, Washington

Since the attacks in Paris, many have asked about our process for admitting Syrian refugees into this country.

I understand the anxiety that many Americans are feeling right now. And as Secretary of Homeland Security, I share with President Obama the top priority of keeping the American people safe. So let me be clear about what this process of vetting and resettling refugees looks like.

It's important to remember, we're focused on admitting the most vulnerable Syrians -- this means mostly women, children and families. Second, anyone who applies for and is approved for refugee status in the United States, including Syrians, must first go through a rigorous security screening process.

Watch this video I narrated to see exactly what a potential refugee goes through to resettle in the U.S.:

Secretary Johnson on the Refugee Screening Process

Taking in refugees at times of crisis is simply the right thing to do. It's who we are as a Nation.

And we can continue to ensure our own security, while doing our share to welcome refugees fleeing violence, looking to America as their beacon of hope and freedom.

This is the United States of America. We can, we must, and we will do both these things.

Thank you,

Jeh Johnson
Secretary of Homeland Security
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The White House • 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW • Washington, DC 20500 • 202-456-1111

here is my reply:

No, taking in Muslim refugees is the wrong thing to do.

1. We can help them more cost-effectively with $16,000 per person pretty much anywhere else.
2. Islam is diametrically opposed to democracy, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion it its most basic text.

I am all for helping fellow human beings in need, but I am asking everyone I know to vote against anyone who supports bringing more Muslims to America. Islam itself is a severe threat to our most basic values.

Patrick

please send your own objections, here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

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70   indigenous   2015 Nov 27, 6:19am  

anonymous says

What about the clerics who continue to preach hate and violence in the name of Allah

This compares to Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton.

71   Y   2015 Nov 27, 6:24am  

https://www.youtube.com/embed/AyenRCJ_4Ww

anonymous says

Your statement about not swallowing their culture – not even a hint of wanting to assimilate unless it is on your terms. In other words I will use their laws and whatever else is of value to me to get my way and demand things be the way or as close as possible to what I am comfortable with and the hell with the rest of it – unless we can get them to capitulate to our way of thinking and adapt our laws which is the long term goal.

73   MisdemeanorRebel   2015 Dec 11, 3:09pm  

The Identitarian Left can't comprehend that no bombing or Drone Strike campaign is perfectly free of Collateral Damage.

They can't grasp that people who flee a war zone where the violence is being contributed to by the West, may not feel "Thankful".

They can't grasp that many people who claim to be refugees aren't, and even if they are, may sympathize with the Jihadi groups against Assad AND the West.

74   ddshutlz   2015 Dec 11, 5:14pm  

@thunderlips11
How do you know? Do you happen to be Syrian to say that "they sympathize"? Give me a break. You have no idea.

75   MisdemeanorRebel   2015 Dec 11, 5:19pm  

ddshutlz says

How do you know? Do you happen to be Syrian to say that "they sympathize"? Give me a break. You have no idea.

I don't?

13% of Syrian refugees have a positive view of ISIS. Only the usual whingers had a more positive view of ISIS. And that doesn't include their opinion about other, slightly less extremist Wahabi/Salafi groups, like Al-Qaeda, Muslim Brotherhood, several "FSA" sub groups etc.

Another 10% had a "Mixed View". That's 23% who are positive to mixed about ISIL, or about 1 in 4.


Source: Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, Doha.
http://english.dohainstitute.org/file/Get/40ebdf12-8960-4d18-8088-7c8a077e522e

76   Blurtman   2015 Dec 11, 6:05pm  

SoftShell says

Civilian casualties during wars fought by the US are always accidental.

We know that when we engage in war that civilians will be killed. We invaded Iraq under false pretenses knowing that civilians would be killed. They were somewhat randomly killed, and I suppose you could argue that missiles fired at a distance or bombs dropped from high altitude are somehow more civilized, except the folks firing the missiles and dropping the bombs know that they would be killing civilians. They hopefully wish that weren't the case, but civilians were killed nonetheless. Now if you kill civilians for a lie, and your own troops as well, are you somehow more noble than a whack job shooter who has his/her own religious rationale?

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