Someone once said something to the effect that those who fail to study history are doomed to repeat it.
Back in World War II, word came from Poland and Germany that the Nazi regime was engaging in mass extermination of Jews. We turned our backs on those stories and about six million Jews died during the Holocaust.
Stories have been coming from the Middle East for months now about I.S.I.S. and Assad and the mass extermination of Christians, Jews and others seeking to escape the war-torn cities. Due to technology, we're able to actually see the destruction of Aleppo and other areas. Yet, our president and this country have been turning their backs to the horrible reports and the associated human suffering.
Granted, we're asking for trouble if we start importing those refugees on a huge scale before we have a chance or develop a means to determine their true objectives in coming to America; are they terrorists?
But, we have had plenty of opportunity to establish "safe" zones where refugees could gather in their own countryside under protection of U.S., NATO and Allied Forces. That move would not require "boots on the ground" in the literal sense. Yet, we've done nothing, and men, women and children have been dying terrible deaths by the tens of thousands. It's nothing short of genocide.
And here we are, getting ready to celebrate Christmas.
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