General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy won't Gulf Arabs take Syrian refugees? Let's ask a Kuwaiti minister.
leveymg
(36,418 posts)We're already spending a lot of money that comes out of the private jet fund on ISIS but they are a good value. Refugees are just too much hassle, look what happened in Jordan."
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)people. What Sister Bertrille is saying contains the truth about many humanitarian problems in the region that are often blamed on other parties.
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)Why not not just attack the bigoted tribalism and leave the ugly american comments out?
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)jail term, as cross dressing is a big crime against the culture that can't take any refugees due to a need for racial purity. In Kuwait, it is a crime to be gay and while I might razz those who make laws against cross dressing for looking as if they are cross dressed because of that hypocrisy, they would put me in jail for existing while I would pour them a cup of tea and wish them well.
"Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance."- Mel Brooks
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)Somehow it kind of diminishes any criticism when you go there.
OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)exboyfil
(17,863 posts)reinforces my idea that it would be best to let the area work its own problems out. In other words pull our aircraft carriers and some of them.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,350 posts)She basically conveyed to Saddam Hussein that the U.S. was not interested in his intentions re: Kuwait.
So Saddam moved on Kuwait.
Oops, our bad, Saddam.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Glaspie
alfredo
(60,074 posts)libodem
(19,288 posts)eissa
(4,238 posts)Tribalistic, elitist and lacking in any empathy. They look down on their own for even the slightest variation, so you can only imagine how they really feel about us infidels. And before anyone accuses me of making a "bigoted" statement, try living among them as my family has and see how fun it is to be treated like third-class citizens.