The Roots of the Refugee Crisis Caused by the West

European refugee crisis is a price that Western countries must pay for their arrogance.

The Western countries caused the meltdown in Syria that resulted in the mass exodus, making its resolution their responsibility.

ISIS is a direct outgrowth of Al Qaeda in Iraq that grew out of our illegal invasion, which is an example of unintended consequences.

Many countries have suffered years of war so ofcourse they won't be stable. You destroy their lands and then you get mad when they want to come here? We have come to the point where Katie Hopkins can refer to refugees as "cockroaches" and get away with it.

If Western governments didn’t want a refugee crisis, they shouldn’t have been so eager to topple those governments and destabilize those countries. The refugees should camp out in the backyards of the individuals who run those governments.

I also have to mention the Saudis. They were very much involved in the Libyan war. They’ve also devoted themselves to ousting the Assad government in Syria, for geopolitical and sectarian reasons. Then there’s the war in Yemen that the Saudis have sponsored. It’s another mess the media doesn’t discuss often. But it will likely produce even more refugees. The Saudis make no secret about not welcoming refugees, even though the Kingdom is a primary instigator of the wars that are forcing people to flee their homelands. One reason is the Saudis don’t want more people leeching off their welfare system, especially amid budget crunches from lower oil prices.

If the individuals who run Western governments really wanted to solve the refugee problem, they would throttle way back on welfare-state policies and then stay out of the Middle East free-for-all. It’s really as simple as that. But don’t count on the mainstream media to figure this out. They effectively operate as an organ of the State. I bet they’ll keep prescribing more of the same bad medicine that caused this crisis to begin with. This will help to cover the tracks of the real perpetrators, and it will obscure other real problems. I expect the media to ramp up the “blame the foreigner” sentiment, as it helps the US and EU governments distract the anger of their citizens from the sputtering economy and the shrinking of their civil liberties. From the politicians’ perspective, it’s a win-win. But it’s a lose-lose for citizens hoping for accountable government. And this brings up another uncomfortable truth for Americans and Europeans. The way the political and economic winds are blowing, things could get much worse. Central banks around the globe have created the biggest financial bubble in world history.

I honestly believe that Saudi Arabia and USA should take in majority of the refugees. They cause all the problems in the first place.

Reply 1

RF_PineMarten

Western countries did not "cause" the civil war in Syria. Assad's response to the 2011 protests and the subsequent defections from his army are what caused it. Western countries merely added to it once it was already underway, but they did not start it.

Reply 2

PunchAnAntiFa

We're aware of this but what do you all continue to do? vote for the same people who did this in the first place.

You need drastic change in Western politics and that largely comes from the far-right not the left.

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