Number of Iraqis allowed in last year: 202.
Number Bushists have been forced to allow in next year: 7,000
Estimated number of Iraqi refugees worldwide: 3.8 million
Amount US has spent on Iraq war: $366,627,600,000 and counting.
Amount US has been whipped into coughing up for Iraqi refugees: $18,000,000
Take the title of the AP article detailing this shame with a giant grain of salt:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6416764,00.htmlWhite House Opens Doors to Iraq Refugees
Thursday February 15, 2007 5:46 AM
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By ANNE GEARAN
AP Diplomatic Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States agreed Wednesday to greatly expand the number of Iraqi refugees allowed into America and to pay more to help Iraq's Arab neighbors cope with the human tide fleeing increasing violence and economic hardship in their country.
The decision to allow about 7,000 Iraqis to come to the United States answers mounting political and diplomatic pressure on the Bush administration to do more to remedy the consequences of a war it largely started. Only 202 Iraqis were allowed in last year.
The administration also said it will immediately contribute $18 million for a worldwide resettlement and relief program. The United Nations has asked for $60 million from nations around the world.
Although the United Nations estimates that 3.8 million Iraqis have fled their homes since the war began nearly four years ago, the United States has allowed only about 600 to settle in the United States.
The U.S. proposal also includes plans to offer special treatment for Iraqis still in their country whose cooperation with the U.S. puts them at risk. Expanding visa programs for those Iraqis would require legislation in Congress, State Department Undersecretary Paula J. Dobriansky said Wednesday....
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