At the same time, we have the following reports:
"The fate of those Iraqi Christians who had fled from the Islamic State only to be incarcerated in the United States
has finally been decided by the Obama administration: they are to be
thrown back to the lions, where they will likely be persecuted if not
slaughtered like so many Iraqi Christians before them."http://www.meforum.org/5519/obama-betrays-christian-refugees
What is going on?
"It is also worth noting that because Christians in Iraq and Syria are facing genocide—as opposed to displacement—there is a limited window for rescue. Unlike the thousands of refugees pouring into Europe, who are mostly escaping the violence driven by the sectarian war in Syria, Christians are facing a targeted campaign of annihilation. The U.S. ought to take that distinction into consideration when prioritizing the resettlement of the additional 30,000 refugees the country is slated to absorb over the next two years.
Earlier this year, Rep. Juan Vargas, a California Democrat, introduced House Resolution 1568, the “Protecting Religious Minorities Persecuted by ISIS Act of 2015.” The act’s modest goal is to require the secretary of state to “report to Congress a plan to expedite the processing of refugee admissions applications” for religious minorities threatened with extinction by ISIS.
The bill hasn’t moved in Congress, partly due to inattention but also because the Obama administration seems to want nothing to do with it."
http://www.wsj.com/articles/saving-christians-from-isis-persecution-1443739926
Apropos,
"A scientific poll born out of a Holocaust-based film reveals that 1 in 3 American adults say they would have said “no” if asked to hide a Jew were they around during the Holocaust."
http://www.vosizneias.com/216185/2015/09/27/los-angeles-holocaust-film-based-poll-shows-1-in-3-americans-would-refuse-to-hide-a-jew-if-alive-during-holocaust/
"Anybody who hoped Russian President Vladimir Putin would have the key to defeating Islamic State or bringing peace to Syria just got their answer: The first airstrikes in Russia’s air campaign in that benighted country didn’t target the terrorist group at all.
Instead, Putin followed President Bashar al-Assad’s playbook. The Syrian leader's forces have rarely taken on Islamic State unless forced to do so. Indeed, Assad has seen the fanatical Islamist force as a useful ally in persuading the international community that Syria’s war consists of a choice between him and barbarians, with nothing in between. As Putin put it in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly this week, Assad is “valiantly fighting terrorism face-to-face.”
No, he is not. To create the binary choice Assad seeks, and to eliminate any opposition that the U.S. and Europe might consider acceptable, Syria’s president has directed his fire power against rebel groups other than Islamic State, making him an ally of opportunity for the terrorist organization. By contrast, the groups that Assad attacks, and which Russia struck on Wednesday, do routinely fight Islamic State."
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-09-30/putin-s-goal-in-syria-helping-assad-not-stopping-islamic-state
And here is another take on this that was sent to me after the above postings:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-null-strategy-1443720706?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb
