Whether Jewish refugees in '30s or Syrians today, USA falls short of own ideals
Germany, a country of 80 million, will take in 800,000 refugees this year, many of them Syrians. That is 1 percent of their population. It would be like the USA taking in 3 million refugees in one year.
The US takes in 70,000 refugees a year. Last year it accepted about 400 Syrian refugees.
The United States invaded Iraq in 2003, which led to the creation of roughly 4 million Iraqi refugees out of the then some 26 million Iraqis, or nearly 1/6th of the population. That would be like 50 million Americans displaced.
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The best signs from the You Stink protest
Back in 2010, Lebanese people watched on their television screens as the Arab world took charge of its destiny and countries overthrew their governments one by one. But now that it’s time for us to overthrow our government, you can expect to see a certain level of humor/sarcasm/’hadame’. That’s why it is with great pleasure that we present you with: our favorite signs at the #YouStink protests.
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Gold at the end of extremist rainbow: Islamic State release their own 'fake' currency
The extremist group known as the Islamic State has released a new video detailing a new financial strategy and the release of their own currency in the form of coins, to be known as the golden Islamic Dinar and the silver Islamic Dirham.
The video’s narrator speaks in English, with subtitles provided in several languages. Surprisingly Arabic subtitles were only added 48 hours after the video was released.
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