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Originally Posted by DanteA
You seem to think that the number of refugees each country takes on is what makes the country good/bad. This will become an economic crisis if people keep pouring into Europe that can't give them housing, food etc.
No, it's very bad that we dont help by taking more people because the need is so great and we can help, but that's only part of it. We should also be working hard within Europe to find common cause with the Germans etc.
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Why isn't the root to the problem discussed? What happens when ISIS walks into Turkey? Will idiot politicians say that we can accept 50k turks?
The root must be discussed. I very much hope it is being and Isis is clearly moving up the agenda fast - that's absolutely no reason to not help the refugees - these are perfectly decent people who are going to die or suffer greatly if they're not helped.
I'm the sort of idiot who wanted Turkey to be welcomed into the EU and consider the failure to do so as one of the biggest political missed opportunities ever - not sure you would enjoy my part in that discussion
Turkey is no easy meat for Isis like Iraq and Syria were, apart from anything else it has a vast well organised army - second largest in NATO by all accounts.