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Trump: safe zones in Syria should have been built for combatting refugee crisis | |
2017-01-17 | |
![]() “I think we should have built safe zones in Syria,” said Trump in response to a question asking if he still viewed German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s policy on refugees as “insane,” a phrase he had used during his campaign. “Would have been a lot less expensive,” Trump said in an interview with the U.K.’s The Times and Germany’s Bild newspapers. “Uh, get the Gulf states to pay for ’em who aren’t coming through, I mean they’ve got money that nobody has,” he said, adding that Merkel had made a “big mistake.” Turkey has long argued for the need for a “no-fly” or “safe zone” zone along its Syrian border, with the aim of clearing Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants from the border and stemming a wave of migration that has fueled tensions in Europe. But Western allies have so far balked at the idea, saying it would require a significant ground force and planes to patrol, marking a major commitment in such a crowded battlefield.
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Posted by:Steve White |
#9 “I think we should have built safe zones in Syria,” said Trump... Safe from Whom? Assad? ISIS? Turkey? And Who are we making safe? Alaiwites? Generic Sunni? Kurds? I have the |
Posted by: magpie 2017-01-17 20:50 |
#8 yes rob c, they are not our problem, and it's about time we closed the borders and kick out the ones that came in the last 5 years pretending to be refugees. OUT OUT OUT |
Posted by: anon1 2017-01-17 15:53 |
#7 yes indeed skidmark and alan c, both right there are 56 muslim countries... and in every one they'd be bottom of the pecking order it's only in the West they get to be superior and get money from the mosque to breed (because ... mah koran, hijrah) so they're going to choose us it's up to us to reject them forcefully |
Posted by: anon1 2017-01-17 15:52 |
#6 Why is it our duty to protect them? They have a government, maybe two or three. If none of those will protect them, let their tribal war be solved the way all tribal wars are solved. |
Posted by: Rob Crawford 2017-01-17 12:26 |
#5 anon1, you forgot Libya, Algeria, Indonesia, Malaysia and the raft of 'stans. |
Posted by: AlanC 2017-01-17 11:05 |
#4 But life isn't free there A1. Wherever they go they're 3rd class. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2017-01-17 10:26 |
#3 Trump is amazing not one Muslim migrant should come to the West. We have our civilisation and they have theirs. They are not compatible. Any that move out of the region should go to one of the 56 muslim nations of the OIC. There are 56 countries to choose from all of which share Islam and thus the very different value system, and different degrees of sharia. they can stay in the region and the muslims can pay for it. Their problem. Saudi, Qatar, Malaysia, Brunei - it's their Umma. |
Posted by: anon1 2017-01-17 07:47 |
#2 Problem is how to enforce. That's alot of troops. |
Posted by: newc 2017-01-17 01:04 |
#1 But where's the graft in that? |
Posted by: gorb 2017-01-17 01:02 |