Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson, who last week compared Syrian refugees to “rabid dogs”, met with refugees in Jordan on Saturday and urged the USA government to do more to help but did not endorse bringing them to the United States.
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He also suggested that it would be best to absorb Syrian refugees in Middle Eastern host countries, which have given temporary shelter to most of the more than 4 million Syrians who have fled civil war in their country since 2011.
Instead, in comments to the Associated Press after his Azraq visit, Carson lauded Syrians as being “hard-working, determined people”, and added that their presence would enhance the economic health of “neighboring Arab countries that accept and integrate them into the general population”. Should the U.S.be doing more to aid the Syrian refugees?
Carson faced heavy criticism this month after he made a comment about Syrian refugees, saying the United States’ screening mechanisms had to be thorough enough to sort out “rabid dogs” among the refugees. But I believe that you know the entire worldwide community could easily make up that 3 billion dollar shortfall. “And it’s very obvious to majority”, Carson said.
“I would use every resource available to us”, Carson said when asked how he would achieve that goal. “They need more money and long term assistance”. “Until it is safe for them to return home, Jordan is a safe place for them to wait”, Carson said.
“I’m acknowledging that I like to know what I’m talking about”, he said.
Carson’s visit comes as he tries to strengthen his fluency on global affairs as foreign policy becomes a greater focus in the 2016 presidential contest. And why would we increase the complexity of the situation in this country and without solving the problem by bringing people over here that aren’t adequately screened.
He also expressed his belief that the United States could, and should, do more to help those who are on the front lines of this humanitarian disaster. “Many so-called asylum seekers are not actually refugees fleeing warzones, but rather economic migrants seeking a better life in Europe”, Soeren Kern, a distinguished senior fellow of the Gatestone Institute, a New York-based think tank, told The Christian Post last week. “But, you know, I don’t want to necessarily be critical of the efforts that they’re making”. Jordan already houses 1.4 million refugees. So, what are the right kind of policies for those Syrian refugees, should America be taking some of those refugees?
The State Department says half the Syrians cleared to move to the United States are children and only 2% are single men of combat age.
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“I think we need to work in close conjunction with our Department of Defense, with our Pentagon, with our experts”.
