Student voices her opinion on foreign affairs issue
December 9, 2015
Dear Editor,
Any student with at least a modicum of interest in either history or politics has undoubtedly heard about the polemical Syrian refugee crisis which has overtaken our fragile government. Upon first glance, it appears that these aforementioned Syrians are impoverished, underprivileged and in desperate need of any aid that they can receive. While this is indeed true, both American progressives and opportunistic Republicans ignore the incredible risks that such a foreign policy would pose on our national security and domestic well being.
Liberal sympathizers are under the impression that America has a duty to allow the millions of Syrian refugees into our country and accept them with welcoming arms. While this seems like a benevolent idea, the risks that these Syrians pose to our country outweigh the probative value of the situation.
Currently, there are 49,933 homeless veterans all of whom were willing to sacrifice their lives for the principles on which America stands. The audacity that our government must have to put our financial resources toward helping Syrians instead of veterans is appalling. America is now considering spending one billion dollars in order to assist the Syrian refugees, money that could be used to help the brave men and women to whom we owe this simply courtesy.
The media has recently turned Republican candidates such as Donald Trump into selfish bigots who wish to put every Muslim to death by some kind of torturous method, but this is just another example of the mediaai??i??s ability to twist and manipulate peopleai??i??s words. Nobody is insinuating that all Muslims are terrorists, but statistics have showcased that most terrorists are indeed Muslim, a fact which our foreign policy should be very weary of.
Across the globe, there are a multitude of terrorist attacks occurring on a daily basis-orchestrated by whom you might ask-by Islamists doing their horrid deeds in the name of Allah and more importantly, in the name of Islam. While this does not represent mainstream Islam, accepting Syrian refugees is comparable to grabbing a handful of M&Ms out of a bowl in which 10% are known to be poisonous-the risk is not worth the satisfaction you might receive, is it?
Americans need to refrain from being overly sympathetic because while sympathy is an important attribute to possess, prioritizing and being cautious of potentially fatal situations is just as important.
Michelle Brodsky
Junior
Lucas Wesselius • Apr 13, 2016 at 10:24 AM
While at first it may seem that defenseless, war-struck, innocent Syrian refugees may need our help – surely though that can’t be the case. While slightly left-leaning moderates and credible news sources may say that we have some kind of duty to “protect freedom” however that’s not what America is based on – no we’re based on good old-fashion isolationism; such as when we didn’t accept Jewish refugees from Nazi-Germany. These Syrian refugees have no place in America, and instead of coming here, they too should focus on making Syria great again, potentially they could just build a wall to keep all the war out. I digress though, Michelle’s main point here is not discussing helping these obvious terrorists, it’s to help America protect itself from “multitude of terrorist attacks occurring on a daily basis” from these obvious terrorists, which “statistics have showcased that most terrorists are indeed Muslim”. While commenters may claim that most terrorists aren’t Muslim, by ignoring the other 94% of terrorists groups, we find that all terrorist are actually Islamic-extremists. With Michelle’s credibility now securely in place, we can also accept her metaphor about m&m’s to be true and see that 10% of Muslims are terrorists. With this is mind we can not trust anyone of the peaceful Islamic faith, and mass deportations of Muslims must take place. While you may at first be scared to speak out for your freedom to deny others freedom, you won’t be soon once you realize how many other islamophobic school-students are also willing to send America back to the 1840’s and having a know-nothing party.
Scott Schwartz • Dec 21, 2015 at 7:53 AM
Watch this video, it actually flips the word terrorism on to the US.
https://www.facebook.com/CenCalCisko/videos/927409204002234/
Logan hatch • Dec 11, 2015 at 8:48 AM
It is actually not a fact that most terrorist attacks are carried out by Muslims. This is blatant twisting of facts done to paint Muslims in a bad light. I’d reccomend editing that out.
Source: http://www.globalresearch.ca/non-muslims-carried-out-more-than-90-of-all-terrorist-attacks-in-america/5333619