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Annette Hall, Salisbury, N.C.
♦ Well, well, well. What a great way to increase the unemployment and poverty (and crime) rates in cities and towns like Salisbury, while at the same time enriching the coffers of the Lutheran church (as well as the Catholic, Baptist, and others) by way of the taxpayers’ pockets. Those organizations get the VAST majority of their social-services funding from government. Lots of taxpayer money to be spent to build huge bureaucratic staffs to carry out their “mission.” To make matters worse, Ted Goins doesn’t seem to recognize the potential of ISIS infiltration, nor do any of the other “give us taxpayer money so we can do God’s work” people and organizations who are clamoring for the refugee gravy-train money, courtesy of the taxpayers. Granted, there are some deserving people in the massive group of refugees who may pose no danger and who could prove to be productive citizens in the long run, but just like making soup, if you add a little salt, it makes it delicious; if you add the whole box, it makes it inedible.
http://mobile.wnd.com/2014/07/religious-charities-profit-from-open-borders/
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Rick Johnson, Rowan County, N.C., USAF Ret.
In Response to the article titled, “Lutheran Services Carolinas Stands Ready to Resettle Syrian Refugees.”
There is a possibility that I am the only person receiving this email who has lived and worked in the Middle East with refugees. (Operation Provide Comfort)
With that being said, the move to import the Syrian refugees is a disaster of Biblical proportions in the making.
Consider this from the Washington Examiner.
Britain’s prime minister is being warned that two out of every 100 refugees coming from Syria could be fanatics trained by the Islamic State.
The warning came from Elias Bousaab, Lebanon’s education minister, during a meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron in the U.K. on Sunday, the Daily Mail reported.
The terror army is sending jihadists “under cover” to attack other nations, Bousaab said. Since Britain has promised to accept 20,000 refugees by 2020, Bousaab’s estimate would mean 400 of them are radicalized, the paper reported.
“It’s a very dangerous situation and the world should wake up and do something about that,” he was quoted as saying. “ISIS will not stop at the border with Lebanon, before you know it ISIS will be in Europe.”
The UK Indepdent estimates 1 in 50 will be embedded terrorist fighters.
Here is a small part of the article. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/1-in-50-syrian-refugees-in-europe-could-be-an-isis-jihadist-minister-warns-david-cameron-10501249.html
Elias Bou Saab, the country’s education minister, suggested as many as two per cent of refugees from Syria may be jihadis sent by the so-called Islamic State.
Mr Saab said he had no firm information on terrorist infiltration of refugees, but said his “gut feeling” told him it was happening.
Asked if Isis could be sending militants under the guise of being refugees, Mr Saab said: “Yes, they bring some people, the smugglers. They organise groups and send them out.”
Groups were arriving from Syria which looked different to usual refugees, he said: “They are all dressed with something unified, uniform, vests”.
Mr Saab’s comments follow warnings from Pope Francis and Ukip leader Nigel Farage that Islamic State fighters could enter Europe hidden among the large numbers of refugees and migrants.
The Pope told Portuguese radio station Radio Renascença: “The truth is that just 400 kilometres from Sicily there is an incredibly cruel terrorist group. So there is a danger of infiltration, this is true.”
As a world super power, are we to turn a blind eye to their problem? No, I do not believe so. However, we should be working to help them in their own home areas.
Unfortunately, part of the solution would be mean the total destruction of ISIS / ISIL or whatever they morph into.
There is something to be said for a scorched earth policy.
The “refugees” who will be settled here will not be vetted. Most, if not all, will come without documentation. In Turkey there is a HUGE black market which deals with fraudulent paperwork. You can purchase all the papers you need to create a new identity in the “Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.”
Christian morals do mandate that we help the poor and the suffering. However, they do not call for national suicide.
I would encourage you to read the following articles before you open the door to the refugees.
http://www.infowars.com/feminists-mute-on-muslim-rape-epidemic-sweeping-europe/
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/5195/sweden-rape
http://fjordman.blogspot.com/2005/02/muslim-rape-epidemic-in-sweden-and.html
Rick Johnson
USAF (Ret)
