The Editor:
I think the world has come to a sad place.
Terrorist attacks all over the map, Syrian turmoil, people uprooted who can’t go back home and for the millions of refugees … what they most want, is to simply return home.
Canada and the U.S. bring in thousands of immigrants every year, but because a heart wrenching photo went viral, suddenly bringing in the Syrian refugees becomes popular.
That’s fine, go ahead, but why the fanfare?
Is it because suddenly you feel heroic and vindicated?
There are still millions of refugees who don’t want to go anywhere but home.
So where are the back-slapping politicians now? Obama? Trudeau? All the fuzzy warm hearted citizens?
ISIS is still killing. Assad is still bombing his own people.
The refugees want to go home, by the millions.
How about fixing the problem, instead of congratulating yourselves for nothing. You’ve done nothing. Two plane loads of refugees in two days Canada? Yep, that fixes the problem … Not. Get off your high horses just long enough to make a real difference. Fix the problem, forget the Band-aids. Yes, it’s a tough one, but Obama, Trudeau et al, we pay you the big bucks so figure it out and fix it, and then they can go home and the silly fanfare attached to immigration can return to normal. Then all you leaders of the free world can feel you’ve accomplished something, for once.
As a post script, I bet those millions of refugees and those victims of terrorists worldwide aren’t too concerned about climate change. In fact, I bet it’s not even a topic for them.
Brent Dietrich
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