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Originally Posted by SiRV
Yeah I'm not sure welfare, why don't you tell me rather than brushing it off with a smug comment? I'd be more than happy to have a real debate with you
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You have to admit,it wasn't entirely unwarranted. I'll agree though. Rude of me.
-Deporting has no deterrent effect for them to just attempt to reenter.
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Originally Posted by Bouncing Bettys
This story coming to light reminds me of the Vietnam War and how public opinion started to turn once the footage was being broadcast into homes. While I like the threat of family separation as a tool to discourage illegal immigration, in practice, I can't really get behind it. Seeing those kids and picturing how my 3 yr old son would survive in that situation. Or, when he was not much younger and his medical issues weren't as easily manageable, not having myself, his mom, or a pediatrics nurse to help, especially when he is too young to even communicate what is wrong. I'm sure most parents, even non parents, sympathise in a similar manor. I can only imagine what those families were running from to risk such a separation, let alone the dangerous journey, in order to find a better life. Shit hole countries indeed.
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The Vietnamese lived in brutal poverty for decades after the Americans withdrew. Millions of South Vietnamese were slaughtered under communist rule. The withdrawal also paved the way for the khmer rouge to slaughter a third of the Cambodian population.
All said and done it's estimated 7.5 million people died as a result of that withdrawal. A lot can be accredited to the new found moral manipulation of media.
Sometimes you have to look at the bigger picture.
And sometimes the path to hell is paved in good intentions.