what have we done to Somalia

Squire,

Imperialism and colonialism has laid a negative foundation around that world. And when you add the tribal and religious hatred that is common in this world you are left with a devestating combination.

 

Sorry about not staying on topic, I was replying to the post by D28guy on page one of this thread.

 

They came here because the US made a deal with the UN to accept them because the original countries who agreed to accept them went back on the deal. We were left holding the bag.

http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/2003/04-07-2003/vo19no07_alien.htm

I'd like to see some documentation of that but you can't produce any because it simply isn't true. Right now, these resettled Somalians are sending money home to the warlords in their mother country. As inept as our bureaucracy of a government is, there is no way all these people have been adequately screened for ties to terrorism. Really, you should do so research before you ask us to believe your opinions are based on facts.

Oh, I am. And my ancestors worked hard to make this country as great and wonderful as it is by sacrifice of blood, life, land, and treasure. Get it? They worked for it and sacrificed for it. They were given no handouts. Somalian immigrants haven't earned the right to be here - it was a political deal only, not based on their own merit.

I don't "dispise anyone." Neither do I despise everyone. What I do despise is our government importing people in here by the thousands and expecting taxpayers to support them, giving them FREE goods and services they are not entitled to because they didn't earn it.

Prayer always helps. No dispute there. </font>[/QUOTE]"We" were left holding the bag? You dont hold the bag, nope you pass it off to someone else.

Last I checked (yesterday) the UN forces the US in very very little. Okay, let me rephrase. The UN doesnt force the US at all. We are America. One of the most able nations on this planet to take people in. And had this country not been that way from the start...your hardworking ancestors might still be digging in the dirt from wherever it was they came.

Have you ever been to Bantu or Tanzania? About one step up from Somalia in more than a few books that is for sure. Why would I leave a country at war with each other, to go to another country at war with each other? If my dreams were the stuff of indentured service or being systematically starved to death, perhaps that would be the place to go. I have to laugh at the writer's dismay over Bantu...as it is actually part of Somalia. Somali-Bantu has refugeed people to Kenya (another dreamy place to live), KY (that ought to be interesting), MA, AZ, Atlanta, St. Louis, UT, CO, CA and TX. And as for getting the money back, well trot yourself over to one of them if you are really that curious, and ask them. Because that is exactly how I found out. The lady that owns the nail salon across from my condo was refugeed out of there in 99 and she is proud to be almost finished with her payments.

How can anyone be adequetely screened for being a terrorist? Perhaps by the number of hateful posts they make on a Christian website? Stay still while I sweep you into the cracked pot pile.

 

Barbarian observes that the US entered WWII because the Japanese attacked us.

However, the day after Pearl Harbor, the Germans declared war on us. So we had no option there, either. Surrender or fight.

Do you think it's wrong to fight a nation that declares war on us? I don't.

We just had to keep our eyes on two balls for a bit.

 

Wrong. Kerry is too much of a big government guy for me. Not as much as Bush turned out to be, but still more than I like. When Gore ran, I was into this thing about having to vote for the lesser of two evils. That was a mistake.

(Barbarian observes that people are a little confused about who was responsible for 9/11)

In fact, Iraq had no part at all in 9/11. The Taliban despised Saddam, and Osama said that Saddam should be killed. The point was, as Rumsfeld said, "But all the good targets are in Iraq." By now, most people have wised up. You should, too.

After we removed Saddam, the resulting power vacuum allowed terrorists into Iraq. And now we are less safe than before.

Looks like you forgot some basic facts yourself. Even Bush now admits that Saddam wasn't involved in 9/11.

Well, that was the theory. Unfortunately, Iraqis are killing around 60 of our troops each month, so there seem to be a few of them who aren't so happy.

You are the most reliably wrong guy I've ever met.