Post War America wrote:Ors Might wrote:There’s a difference between isolationism and having a limit on how many refugees you’re willing to take. No one has any obligation to take on the problems of others. That’s what I’m saying.
The issue is that many in the US don't want to help any refugees. I'd be all for the countries the refugees be coming from be better. The problem is that refugees are going to happen, and if everyone just turned up their noses and said "we don't want them" millions of people would die, or worse turn to some form of extremism or another and starting bombing their way in. The simple fact of the matter is that not helping anyone, which is what the US is functionally doing, and not improving the conditions in the home countries of refugees to reduce the need to flee, will result in endless suffering, and likely increased threats to national security.
I won’t argue on behalf of those who want to do nothing, as they’ll only harm the US in the long run. Taking in some number of refugees and helping to stabilize the nations they’re coming from will only help us to maintain the status quo where we’re on top.



