Europe's Hard Questions to Syrian Refugees!

Several observations have raised glaringly obvious facts that no one has even mentioned yet. After all, these people are not duly registered immigrants but are refugees that live in temporary tent shelters in camps while awaiting for their repatriation back to their home countries.

The daily mainstream television newscasts and even the cable broadcasts don't mention or tweet any negatives. All of the financial welfare program are real hardships to those sponsor European nations along with the intrusion of Muslim cultural and Islam religious values upon the indigenous Christian populations of the affected areas.

With all that said, the European Union has finally had it chickens come home to roost. Their had smug attitudes about letting the United States fight terrorism and pay with its own blood and treasure which was just fine, it was no sweat or cost to their countries. Their little or no help for the past decade at all to militarily joining in to take down the Muslim terrorists finally caught up with them; especially after Obama constantly repeated he had his 50 members of "coalition partners" that were shoulder to shoulder with him to fight these Islamic terrorists. These coalition partners could have contained these terrorists to their own lands but instead just sat out the war while the U.S. fought it and are now paying the price today.

So, it was no surprise to most Americans that Obama in keeping his campaign promises just up and left the region and pulled out most all of the U.S. troops. The entire region immediately collapsed and imploded into total chaos, mass executions and murders, religious persecution and total societal destruction. I have to admit that no one hears anything from the White House about Obama's monumental military action's aftermath; it was one of Obama's worst foreign policy mistakes. If the U.S. doesn't lead, it doesn't happen!

Inquiring Minds Want To Know...

Can someone please explain the following regarding the Syrian refugees arriving in European destinations from worn torn regions?

1/ How come they all seem to have endless supplies of money to pay the people traffickers? Some say personal savings, others say I.S.I.S. funds. The refugees had to pay human traffickers $500 to $1,300 for a spot on a boat with some reported paying up to $4,000. 
 
2/ Why do most refugees appear to have working mobile phones? Some use GPS to safely find way out, others say I.S.I.S. personnel coordination.
 
3/ How do most refugees appear well dressed and fed and do not seem to be suffering the effects of malnutrition?  Interesting that no one has addressed this observation yet.
 
4/ Why are most of the fleeing refugees men of military age? They all seem to be able-bodied men who would be fighters taking back their homelands in Syria--some say they're imbedded cells of I.S.I.S. insurgents. 
 
5/ Why are other Muslim nations not helping their fellow Muslims? (Saudi, Kuwait, U.A.E. Indonesia, but to name a few) They're wary of questionable religious, political motives of any Syrian refugees that can possibly destabilize their countries.
 
6/ How come the two boys and their mother drowned off the Turkish coast can be returned for burial to the place they fled so quickly, what is believed to be I.S.I.S. held territory?
 
7/ Could it be some are being paid to come to Europe as a way to increase the Muslim population and get I.S.I.S. fighters embedded in Europe? We all know life is cheap from an I.S.I.S. viewpoint so the loss of a few lives along the way has no meaning for them as long as it benefits their cause. 

Update on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 3:59PM by D.K. Dickey

In response to my questions I have received a response from a loyal reader who has certainly been one vocal voice from within my liberal friends. Here are his answers backed by his extensive experience while working in the region for many years--It's well worth reading too!

I thought I would give you my opinion and try to answer your questions. As a note, I have a Syrian friend whose families are caught up in the cross fire.  Newar has taken in his wife's family into their home in Riyadh, his family are still [in] Syria.  Newar and his familiar [family are] living a horror we can never imagine.

Can someone please explain the following regarding the Syrian refugees arriving in European destinations from worn torn origins?

1/ How come they all seem to have endless supplies of money to pay the people traffickers?

A) Many of the people interviewed were professionals and business owners.  This is probably not a random representative sample, but you can assume those who have the money will try to leave.

B) The refugees hoc'ed [hocked] their life's possessions to leave. Gold jewelry and coins are used frequently as a means to save and can be easily converted to euros.  When I was in the Middle East I was surprised to see how many places you could buy gold and number of non-wealthy middle easterners a buying gold.

C)  Family is huge with Muslims.  Relatives are likely helping each other to get out of harms [sic] way.

2/ Why do most refugees appear to have working mobile phones?

Cell phones are as common as sandals In the Middle East.  The lowest paid Indian laborer on my project making less than $500 per month had a cell phone.  

3/ How do most refugees appear well dressed and fed and do not seem to be suffering the effects of malnutrition?

 Food is available; this is not the trail of tears. [Well said]

 4/ Why are most of the fleeing refugees men of military age? They all seem to be able-bodied men who would be fighters taking back their homelands in Syria. (Need to add Iraq and Afghanistan)

 I disagree with your assertion that more than 50% of the refugees are able bodied men, but that's an argument for another time.  Currently the ground situation is a mess and begs the question who would the untrained men fight for or with, the Syrian, Iraqi or Iranian military fighting ISIS and their own people, the Kurds, Shia or Sunni militias or with a local tribal unit?  Alliances within the Middle East are very fluid, the enemy of my enemy is my brother is how alliance are formed and go back hundreds of years. [excellent points] 

The alliances are based upon religion, sect, clan and family and not country. This is not unlike how the U.S. was like in 1861 when Robert E Lee turned down the command of the Union Army and said he could not raise his sword against Virginia.

5/ Why are other Muslim nations not helping their fellow Muslims? (Saudi, Kuwait, U.A.E. Indonesia, but to name a few) 

Agreed, Saudi claims they have taken in 2.5 million Syrians, but most are guest workers and not refugees. The GCC countries have contribute [sic] some money, but could do more.  Jordan has been overrun by refugees. In 2013 I was in Jordan and saw several camps run by the UN and at that time Jordan was hosting over 500,000 people. 

Their is a simple reason the refugees are not going to Saudi Arabia, it's Saudi Arabia. [Great insight point]

6/ How come the two boys and their mother drowned off the Turkish coast can be returned for burial to the place they fled so quickly, what is believed to be I.S.I.S. held territory?

Photos are powerful and can be a change agent.  Khobani was the home of the mother and child and was the center of heavy fighting,  but was liberate [sic] by the PKK earlier this year.  Remember family and home are very important to Muslims.

7/ Could it be they are being paid to come to Europe as a way to increase the Muslim population and get I.S.I.S. fighters embedded in Europe? We all know life is cheap from an I.S.I.S. viewpoint so the loss of a few lives along the way has no meaning for them as long as it benefits their cause. 

Yes this is a distinct possibility, but do you throw the baby out with the bath water.  We also have home grown terrorist inspired by ISIS and others. Not all Muslims are terrorist.    

What you didn't mention was the migration of North Africans crossing the Mediterranean to Italy. Thousands have drown making the crossing.  The desire to make a better life for yourself and family is powerful and you will risk death to achieve this goal.  This refugee crisis should teach us that securing our borders and managing immigration is much more complicated than building a wall and 15 second sound bites. Remember, in the eyes of the Native Americans we are illegal immigrants.

[NOTE: Although European colonists were technically illegal immigrants to the "indigenous Indian" tribes [not Native Americans], they were in fact also immigrants too. Many tribes' accounts also describe coming from elsewhere by boat, far earlier in time than the Bering Strait theory claims. Others migrated long distances, such as Athapascans coming from what is today Alaska to the southwest, where they became Apaches and Navajos. So who was first means it's genealogy is muddled as all those who followed are immigrants to that first tribe's land.]  

My comments: These all are strong reasons for the whys of a Syrian immigration, however unlike in the days of yore no income taxes were levied on sovereign citizens of the host country to support hoards of wandering peoples. Those who came made their own way, under their own resources and without any government largess to support their vagabond dreams for a new life. Furthermore, there were no municipal or public facilities built to house any refugees. These immigrants were expected to embrace their new homeland and government if even allowed to become citizens while many of these peoples over the centuries have been turned out and pushed back into returning to their home countries.

Realistically these Muslim nomads carry within themselves a religious zeal to absolutely refuse other religions from freely practicing theirs according to their Islamic teachings. The only true believer is a Muslim, others are infidels who must convert or submit as a second-class of people under Islamic Dhimmitude by paying a tax to work and live or be stoned to death.

Will this burgeoning swell of Muslim humanity bloat host countries with their religious intolerances to cause religious Sharia Law to topple secular Civic Law? These, after all, are real consequences created as it's happening now throughout Europe. In England these two parallel legal universes coexist as Islamic law has blossomed to take precedence over English jurisprudence.

Take a look at who led aggressions in religious battles:

Arab Spring Break - A New Semester Starts

Ahmed Feteha is the business editor of Ahram Online, Egypt's largest English language news website. His 9/11/01 recollection below was not about the tragic New York Twin Towers' atrocities, but what was in the hearts of many Egyptians in the aftermath.

"I remember when the 9/11 attacks happened, the teachers at my Cairo middle school celebrated the event. It was God's revenge, they told us. Americans are finally paying the price for their enmity to Islam, they said. It's no wonder that in a country where teachers felt free to cheer terrorism, voters would later put the Muslim Brotherhood in power."

That admission clearly exposes the crux of the American dilemma: How do we look into terrorists' hearts, real soulful inspections, when deciding what changed in order for it to be deemed an end to the war with terrorists?  The WW1, WW2, Korean and Vietnam Wars were agreed upon surrenders or truces between nations. This war, after all, is not fought between any particular countries, governments, militaries or people; instead it is fought as a jihad, a Holy war of religious zealots' conversions of infidels to Islam down to the bitter end. So, it is about intangible Islamic religious beliefs forced upon everyone in the world - either you are Islamist or not. 

Madrassa school in PakistanIt's obvious that one major problem of these countries is due to poor public education for the masses. One in every four Egyptians is illiterate.

Despite the free education and long-running literacy programs, the number of illiterates has changed little in over two decades. Nearly 17 million adult Egyptians can neither read nor write, according to recent government data and their meager curriculum subsists solely of religious studies of Islam beliefs and little else taught in Madrassas, Muslim schools which are often just a part of a mosque. They are typically heavily indoctrinated with anti-infidel hatred targeting Christians, Jews and other non-Islamic believers. Public media broadcasts in television and radio are radically aired bias with a prejudiced slant too.

So with this constant reindoctrination of the population, especially the children, youths and young adults, hateful religious rhetoric lives on forever. Is this war on their hearts and minds ever to be won?  How and when do any of these backward countries develop literacy programs leading to higher levels in education, training and skills to compete regionally and globally if they are ever to achieve a higher standard of living? Or, is there some surreptitiously mandated plan for these masses to remain uneducated forever in order to control them to maintain for the common good of a ruling theocratic hierarchy? It certainly seems so, doesn't it?

The Muslim Brotherhood movement after over seventy years in promoting Islamic ideals as a dominant lifestyle has not achieved it in Egypt. Again in less than two years, the Egyptian people have rejected their government.  They could not tolerate an Islamic theocracy with draconian, religious Sharia law dictates that did nothing to change quality of life. The people decided in favor of a more modern, secular style democracy that embraced governance over daily living with basics such as rules under Egyptian Civil laws, more jobs, adequate housing, stocked grocery stores, ample gasoline and fewer power blackouts.  Ironically, the people had felt a need to change and oust the Muslim Brotherhood but still have absolutely no clue on what to do now afterwards. It's like a dog running around in circles chasing its tail and once it catches it, what does it do with it?

In the 19th century, Edmund Burke, the philosophical founder of modern conservatism, wrote that liberty without wisdom and virtue "is the greatest of all possible evils."  Ahmed Feteha further added, "Millions of my countrymen exercised liberty this week. Only serious introspection about the events of the past two years will lead to wisdom."

All these well said platitudes ring true and sound profound. The only problem is they will fail on the Egyptian people to see and hear them because they're unable to read or listen due to illiteracy or indocrination, certainly not better education. The teeming masses in Cairo's Tahir Square who demonstrated for liberty are without any wisdom as Ahmed Feteha described. What about his countrymen conducting serious introspection on the past events of two years under the Muslim Brotherhood to gain understanding?  Consequently this Egyptian mob mentality is stupid, too dumb to appreciate past mistakes and too slow to realize future liberties squandered. 

The real true tragedy here is that more Americans soldiers and civilians will be killed as these Islamists plod along in their Jihad to continue on in a war of terror dying endlessly, and for what end? - Please, are you reading this blog site Barack?

~ "Stupid is as Stupid does!" ~ 

Forest Gump