Think back to the early 1940s, when hundreds of thousands of Jews from Europe sought refuge from a crazed ruler. Knowing the events that occurred, any decent person regardless of their country or religion would have voiced their concern for the Jews to their government, and not rest until action was taken to free the oppressed. People would have welcomed the Jewish refugees to their country with open arms if only they could have foreseen what was to come. In the Middle East there is a rising situation that while it is justifiably different, has certain similarities.
The Syrian Migrant Crisis, a topic that has recently surfaced to the public and has masses rallied behind the admittance of the civilians affected by the Syrian civil war, is …show more content…
Ross Douthat, in an article for The New York Times titled “Who Failed Aylan Kurdi?” describes briefly a recent headline of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi who, along with his mother and brother, drowned and washed up on the shore of a Turkish beach after trying to escape the atrocities in Syria. Responding to the debate about the best option to stop occurrences like that of the Kurdi’s, Douthat argues against military intervention and firmly attacks the belief that combat is most persuasive option. Douthat disputes that the “responsibility to protect” theory will not justify the bloody chaos it would bring to the country and states how the U.S., when it tried this method of intervention in Libya, left the country in bloody turmoil. Douthat concurs then, that when tragedy strikes, it is the obligation of all countries with a certain G.D.P. to open their doors to refugees. Germany, for example, has willingly accepted thousands of Syrians since the beginning of the war.
The common American belief that we should shun change has led Americans to believe that an influx of refugees could negatively affect our country in more than one way. However, Syrian migrants could prove to be more than ample citizens. By contrast, it is proven through the receiving of thousands of Vietnamese in the late 1970s that refugees can become active and accomplished citizens able to benefit from, and be a benefit to
The Syrian Migrant Crisis, a topic that has recently surfaced to the public and has masses rallied behind the admittance of the civilians affected by the Syrian civil war, is …show more content…
Ross Douthat, in an article for The New York Times titled “Who Failed Aylan Kurdi?” describes briefly a recent headline of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi who, along with his mother and brother, drowned and washed up on the shore of a Turkish beach after trying to escape the atrocities in Syria. Responding to the debate about the best option to stop occurrences like that of the Kurdi’s, Douthat argues against military intervention and firmly attacks the belief that combat is most persuasive option. Douthat disputes that the “responsibility to protect” theory will not justify the bloody chaos it would bring to the country and states how the U.S., when it tried this method of intervention in Libya, left the country in bloody turmoil. Douthat concurs then, that when tragedy strikes, it is the obligation of all countries with a certain G.D.P. to open their doors to refugees. Germany, for example, has willingly accepted thousands of Syrians since the beginning of the war.
The common American belief that we should shun change has led Americans to believe that an influx of refugees could negatively affect our country in more than one way. However, Syrian migrants could prove to be more than ample citizens. By contrast, it is proven through the receiving of thousands of Vietnamese in the late 1970s that refugees can become active and accomplished citizens able to benefit from, and be a benefit to