I think we should have taken them in because 1) they didn't present a real risk
But a lot of the criticisms were real risks. Refugee Jews came from Poland, much of Eastern Europe, and Germany. These guys tended to be Marxists, and at the time, that was viewed as a legitimate threat to America. Not to mention the other stuff the article mentioned,
2) because it was a bigger conflict,
fair
3) because the poor bastards had nowhere else in the world to go.
I don' know that it is much different right now. I'll get into this more later, but Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey have reached capacity. Rentier states just won't take them. And Europe -- sans Germany -- does not want them.
The real reason people didn't want them was basic, 2000 year old anti-semitism, which unfortunately existed in pretty much every nation on Earth.
Agreed. But, I'm not sure a good portion of the current frustration is historical anti-Islam (I hate the word Islamophobia) bigotry.
ETA: here's part of my frustration....
1) how many members/fighters does ISIS actually have?
Nobody knows for sure. Probably in the 10,000s to low 100,000s. The dilemma is a lot of those numbers, as we have discussed previously, are people working for ISIS because they need food/water/money and have few other choices.
2) how many Arab people are there in the ME?
A shit load.
3) how many Muslims are there in the world?
A fuck ton,
Why the fuck can't at least group 2) take out their own trash, i.e., 1)?
A few reasons. First, Muslims in Indonesia and Eastern Europe want nothing to do with the Middle East. Second, the Arab Gulf states are prioritizing Assad falling over defeating ISIS. This is also why they aren't accepting refugees. It makes it easier to create frustration over Assad, and then easier to radicalize. Finally, as
@King Stannis has talked about, a lot of the Arab armies are absolute shit. Don't forget, a lot of ISIS members were part of Saddam's (secular) Ba'ath party and have excellent weapons and mediocre military training.
The fact that people on other fucking continents have to handle this shit is messed up.
Agreed.