Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer joined Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on a trip to Jordan this week to visit refugee camps near the Syrian border. Are we going to give that to them?
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He continued: “But they are satisfied to be in the refugee camps if the refugee camps are adequately funded”.
Though he proposes no immediate solution, he foreshadows a release of his own plan “in the coming days” that will offer solutions to the “Obama Clinton Administrations (sic) failed policies”.
More than 4 million Syrians fled their homeland since 2011, after a popular uprising erupted against President Bashar Assad and quickly turned into a devastating civil war. RealClearPolitics polling average also shows that he has dropped 5 points in New Hampshire.
According to the U.S. Embassy in Amman, the Jordanian capital, the United States has donated more than $4 billion since the start of the crisis, including $1.4 billion in food assistance. Would it be better to integrate them into society? If there were adequate support, it would be a completely different story and we can provide that adequate support – The people I talked to, they don’t want to stay there. The longer you drag it out, the more people are hurt.
Carson, a top-tier candidate in public opinion polls, has faced increased scrutiny over his foreign policy credentials amid comments about China’s role in the Syrian crisis, as well as remarks likening some Syrian refugees to rabid dogs. Dr. Carson, by taking this trip in the middle of the campaign, are you acknowledging that you weren’t quite prepared to be commander in chief?
“Well, you know, here’s the interesting thing, Chuck”.
Carson pushed back on the criticism during an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press, saying it was “only the news media” in America that interpreted his comments as being directed toward all Syrians.
“If there’s a rabid dog running around in your neighborhood, you’re probably not going to assume something good about that dog”, Carson said.
He added: “The reception is quite warm”.
And, again, I was a little bit surprised with the answer, because it wasn’t what we’re hearing a lot.
During a geopolitical discussion with Todd, Carson pivoted away from a question on Turkey’s role in the fight against the Islamic State militant group. I’m acknowledging that I like to know what I’m talking about. The rest of the world could be doing so much more.
As Carson told The Associated Press, “I did not detect any great desire for them to come to the United States”.
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When pressed on how he would combat the Islamic State, Carson indicated that he was in favor of continuing to work with Kurdish forces in the region.
