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> Not all those hiding were Isis fighters. In fact, many were also hiding from Isis. I'm very far from this war, from both sides of it. And I feel sorry for th
by woliveirajr 8y ago
> Not all those hiding were Isis fighters. In fact, many were also hiding from Isis.
I'm very far from this war, from both sides of it. And I feel sorry for those who are exactly in the middle, like a small creature between the sea and the rocks.
- mkirklions 8y agoI would hope that those people left Syria.
- bjpbakker 8y agoTo go where exactly? What countries are still actively taking in refugees from this region? Even now, still 55,000 people are stuck in a no-man's land in the region after Jordan closed their border [0] (since June 2016). [0] - https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2018/1/8/jordan-agrees-to-one-off-aid-drop-to-stranded-syrians https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2018/1/8/jordan-agree...
- cmurf 8y agoLebanon took the vast majority, nearly doubling their population. The U.S. has taken a fraction of 1% of those refugees, with the total number being less than the daily mean number of deaths. The world's melting pot, a nation of immigrants, has become one of the more anti-immigrant and anti-refugee in the world.