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In reply to the discussion: Why Europe Lets People Drown - The Automatic Earth [View all]malaise
(269,237 posts)27. Because America and Europe have imposed their preferred dictators in their countries
and provided them with weapons to kill all who oppose neo-cons and neo-liberals (today's preferred version of imperialism). People are bombed into submission with Western weapons and you wonder why they flee to anywhere?
Their countries have been destroyed by Western interests. I don't have to present an argumen - I presented facts.
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If not America and Europe, who are the shining beacons of human rights and dignity?
DetlefK
Apr 2015
#10
Because America and Europe have imposed their preferred dictators in their countries
malaise
Apr 2015
#27
Your kind? Looks to me that you are the one making generalizations and deflecting from
suffragette
Apr 2015
#49
So Europe and America (I assume you mean North America, or just the United States of America?)
snooper2
Apr 2015
#50
"what Europe did to Africa to enrich one race of folks was the worst genocide in history"
EX500rider
Apr 2015
#45
Australia has had a policy for many years of denying entry to asylum seekers by the boatload
underahedgerow
Apr 2015
#2
This is just the leading edge of the coming tsunami of climate/economic refugees
GliderGuider
Apr 2015
#3
Interesting thread going on right now at city data forum from european's perspective
E-Z-B
Apr 2015
#5
It's echoing this entire thread on DU. Are you calling everyone here racists, too?
E-Z-B
Apr 2015
#18
Under UN Refugee Treaty, they have all vowed not to "refoule" (return) people fleeing persecution
leveymg
Apr 2015
#11
No. Under the UN Refugee treaty, asylum is supposed to be granted by receiving countries on arrival.
leveymg
Apr 2015
#21
That doesn't address the charge that Europe were somehow responsible for the deaths.
DetlefK
Apr 2015
#24
The images we saw yesterday were from a sinking near the coast, within territorial waters
leveymg
Apr 2015
#38
When they enter territorial waters or when they make a refugee claim and have ties to Italy.
leveymg
Apr 2015
#23
I believe it's when they set foot on the ground, literally. And the bigger question is Why should
underahedgerow
Apr 2015
#25
Entering territorial waters is the same as setting foot across a land border, as far as UNHCR
leveymg
Apr 2015
#28
Yep. This message will be ignored by racists, bigots, and other undesirables,
closeupready
Apr 2015
#56