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ISIS Wants Us To Hate Refugees
ISIS is setting us up. We must not take the bait.
Amanda Girard
As of the time of this writing, governors of 18 states have vowed to not allow Syrian refugees into their borders. Aside from violating the U.S. Constitution, this is also exactly how ISIS wants the West to respond to the terror attacks in Paris.
Syrians leaving their country en masse, risking life and limb to walk thousands of miles and cross oceans to flee their home country, prompted ISIS to issue jealous public statements. As Aaron Zelin, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy explained, the Syrian exodus undermines ISIS’ prime argument that their caliphate is an ideal refuge for Muslims around the world.
“If it was, individuals would actually go there in droves since it’s so close instead of 100,000s of people risking their lives through arduous journeys that could lead to death en route to Europe,” Zelin wrote.
In one public statement, which one Washington Post writer said sounded like “a note from a jilted ex,” an ISIS spokesperson said Muslims should ideally seek to live in a caliphate where Sharia law is strictly enforced, rather than “infidel” countries in the West. The man in the video rhetorically asked, “Would you exchange what is better for what is less?”
The Post also pointed out that it was extremely unusual for the suicide bomber whose Syrian passport was found at the scene of the blast to have brought his passport along for a suicide mission, unless he wanted it to be found. And as this Belgian media outlet pointed out, the passport found at the scene was likely a fake, since a man was found traveling in Serbia with that same exact passport.
If a suicide bomber carried along a fake Syrian passport to a suicide bombing, it stands to reason that he wanted authorities to find it in order to cast fear and doubt of Muslims — Syrian refugees, in particular — amongst a tense Western nation already suspicious of Muslims in light of the Charlie Hebdo attacks. Thus, if the United States were to refuse Syrian refugees after the Paris attacks and paint them all as potential terrorists, it would be a major win for ISIS.
If the governors of these 18 states really wanted to make a stand against ISIS, they should follow Governor Hickenlooper of Colorado’s compassionate example — while reaffirming that the safety of his state’s residents is a top priority, Hickenlooper is still accepting Syrian refugees and promising to screen each one thoroughly. A welcoming response from the US is exactly what ISIS doesn’t want for the tens of thousands of Syrian refugees seeking asylum in our borders.
http://usuncut.com/world/isis-wants-us-to-hate-refugees/
Amanda Girard
As of the time of this writing, governors of 18 states have vowed to not allow Syrian refugees into their borders. Aside from violating the U.S. Constitution, this is also exactly how ISIS wants the West to respond to the terror attacks in Paris.
Syrians leaving their country en masse, risking life and limb to walk thousands of miles and cross oceans to flee their home country, prompted ISIS to issue jealous public statements. As Aaron Zelin, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy explained, the Syrian exodus undermines ISIS’ prime argument that their caliphate is an ideal refuge for Muslims around the world.
“If it was, individuals would actually go there in droves since it’s so close instead of 100,000s of people risking their lives through arduous journeys that could lead to death en route to Europe,” Zelin wrote.
In one public statement, which one Washington Post writer said sounded like “a note from a jilted ex,” an ISIS spokesperson said Muslims should ideally seek to live in a caliphate where Sharia law is strictly enforced, rather than “infidel” countries in the West. The man in the video rhetorically asked, “Would you exchange what is better for what is less?”
The Post also pointed out that it was extremely unusual for the suicide bomber whose Syrian passport was found at the scene of the blast to have brought his passport along for a suicide mission, unless he wanted it to be found. And as this Belgian media outlet pointed out, the passport found at the scene was likely a fake, since a man was found traveling in Serbia with that same exact passport.
If a suicide bomber carried along a fake Syrian passport to a suicide bombing, it stands to reason that he wanted authorities to find it in order to cast fear and doubt of Muslims — Syrian refugees, in particular — amongst a tense Western nation already suspicious of Muslims in light of the Charlie Hebdo attacks. Thus, if the United States were to refuse Syrian refugees after the Paris attacks and paint them all as potential terrorists, it would be a major win for ISIS.
If the governors of these 18 states really wanted to make a stand against ISIS, they should follow Governor Hickenlooper of Colorado’s compassionate example — while reaffirming that the safety of his state’s residents is a top priority, Hickenlooper is still accepting Syrian refugees and promising to screen each one thoroughly. A welcoming response from the US is exactly what ISIS doesn’t want for the tens of thousands of Syrian refugees seeking asylum in our borders.
http://usuncut.com/world/isis-wants-us-to-hate-refugees/
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