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06-03-2010, 09:45 AM
Quick history lesson.
After World War II the US and the former USSR/China had problems with each other. They decided to use Vietnam as the battlefield to fight out their ideological differences.
Most of the people in Vietnam couldn't really care less about world politics. They just wanted to work in the rice paddy and feed their kids.
So during the day the American/South Vietnamese forces came in and terrorized the village.
At night the North Vietnamese forces came in and terrorized the village.
If you didn't sign up for one side or the other you would get killed.
So a third got killed, a third went commies, and a third went with the American.
After America pulled out, there were millions of people who sided with America. If they stayed, they would be tortured for many years and eventually killed.
Some countries took these refugees, but for the most part the world didn't want to piss off Russia and China so they didn't take any refugee. The only place left to go is to the US.
Now the same thing is happening in Irag and Afghanistan. Yes there are some crazy people there, but most people just want to earn enough food to feed their family.
Now that America is in, 1/3 gets killed, 1/3 convert to terrorism, and 1/3 side with America.
If and when we pull out, there will be millions of political refugees. The same thing will happen.
What do we do with these refugees? Can we take them? Do we know how to set up a stable government so they can stay?
What do we do?
After World War II the US and the former USSR/China had problems with each other. They decided to use Vietnam as the battlefield to fight out their ideological differences.
Most of the people in Vietnam couldn't really care less about world politics. They just wanted to work in the rice paddy and feed their kids.
So during the day the American/South Vietnamese forces came in and terrorized the village.
At night the North Vietnamese forces came in and terrorized the village.
If you didn't sign up for one side or the other you would get killed.
So a third got killed, a third went commies, and a third went with the American.
After America pulled out, there were millions of people who sided with America. If they stayed, they would be tortured for many years and eventually killed.
Some countries took these refugees, but for the most part the world didn't want to piss off Russia and China so they didn't take any refugee. The only place left to go is to the US.
Now the same thing is happening in Irag and Afghanistan. Yes there are some crazy people there, but most people just want to earn enough food to feed their family.
Now that America is in, 1/3 gets killed, 1/3 convert to terrorism, and 1/3 side with America.
If and when we pull out, there will be millions of political refugees. The same thing will happen.
What do we do with these refugees? Can we take them? Do we know how to set up a stable government so they can stay?
What do we do?