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Meet three-year-old Aylan
Kurd and his five-year-old brother Galip. This was before they were caught in a cross fire
of the war between the Islamic extremists and Kurds in Syria. Survival depended on their families reaching
the shores of Europe before getting killed in
the bombing.
Here is Aylan Kurd
yesterday, on the beach in Greece,
where he, his brother, and mother all died when they were in sight of freedom.
We are in the midst of a
refugee crisis exasperated by politics that is killing thousands of people while
bureaucrats hide behind EU laws wholly unsuited for the world of today. I say "we" because our United States policy toward Iraq and Syria and our military action is
the cause for the 11 million people fleeing those countries and landing in no
man's land.
Look at the numbers of
Syrians alone fleeing the war zone for a better life for their families. These are the latest estimates of the human
carnage.
300,000 Dead
1,200,000 injured
11,000,000 Displaced
America has been surprisingly quiet about the tragedy
unfolding in the EU while Pope Francis and other world leaders have sounded the
alarm. All the more surprising since we
built the coalition to go to war against Syria
and ISIS.
However, the time for
talking is over. We must pressure the EU
to suspend or modify their rules requiring the registration of refugees at the
borders and allow the immediate and free movement of the thousands of families caught
in the bureaucratic snafu, to get to the countries where they are welcome.
The people of Europe are among the most generous in the world. They are prepared to house and feed the
starving refugees. Germany, France, and other countries stand
ready to save a generation of Middle Eastern children if the bureaucrats would
just allow them to pass through border countries to the destinations waiting to
help.
We cannot stand by and
watch. Demand action. Save lives.
Protect our children!
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