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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Amen to the pps above 
Can't we all admit it's a grey area? It's not black and white. One side is trying to depict many of us as unfeeling monsters. 
But the grey area is that we don't know certainly that all we are bringing in to the west are OK. All but a few are in need of help. I feel for them. If it were black and white, I'd say bring as many as we can. 
Many Americans want to protect what we have. Let's help them get re-settled, but not inside US borders. [/quote]

We have this same conversation over and over. The US has helped create the refugee problem by supplying weapons to those involved in fighting and participating in the fighting itself. Therefore, we have a moral obligation to help resolve it. We cannot expect other countries to accept refugees if we refuse. That is the price of leadership and the price of our foreign wars. The refugees that we are considering brining to the US have been in camps for years. There are plenty of them, allowing us to select only those who can be vetted.

No ISIS terrorist is going to sit around in a camp for years hoping to be selected to come to the US. The go to Europe because it does not require waiting in a camp. Comparing the situation in Europe to the situation in the US is apples and oranges.

You can claim not to see things in black and white as many times as you wish, but if your only solution is to not accept refugees, that is a black and white solution. There are plenty of compromise between no refugees and open doors. 
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Well, at this point the US government admitted that they have no reliable procedure to vet them. There are thousands of people in camps who are undocumented or with false documents. There are no legitimate way to find out if they came to the camp a week ago or four years ago.

Now, speaking about moral obligations: I think US government first and foremost obligationsl shall be to its citizens. Government has obligations striclty defined by US Constitution and US law. There are no such thing as moral obligations of the goverment. [/quote]

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