Everywhere you turn these days, there is a new op-ed on the Iraq displaced persons issue. It is part of an organized campaign to continue to tell the public that the Iraq War is horrible, Bush is incompetent, and now we need to bring tens of thousands (hundreds of thousands if they had their way) of so-called Iraqi refugees to live in your neighborhoods.
Judy wrote on the Washington Times Op-ed here yesterday. And, now here is one from the New York Times. These are not spontaneous articles but part of an organized campaign and they begin with this theme.
They are clustered not in camps but in overcrowded urban neighborhoods, crammed into dark, squalid apartments. Many have been traumatized by extreme violence. Their savings are dwindling; many cannot afford to pay for rent, heat and food; few have proper medical care.
Then they inevitably say it’s our moral duty to bring them to the US now, nevermind that most are Muslims who have a duly elected Islamic government in Iraq thanks to the US. Oh, and there is never any mention of the truly persecuted Christians.
Incidentally, one of the authors here, George Rupp, Pres. of the International Rescue Committee has a taxpayer funded salary greater than the Vice President of the United States or the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. See the post I did last fall on the subject of beating the drum.
This is big business, refugee resettlement, and there is money to be made as long as they can keep the hype going, and the refugees flowing in.
See our “Iraqi refugee” category if you want to have a greater understanding of this issue. We have written 137 posts on the subject.