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Originally Posted by techguyone

They are helping, now we see something worthwhile being done with our Foreign Aid money, finally something to get behind that's tangible. Now back to Fairyland with you.

Grow up

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Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth

Must admit I was wondering how different the comments would be if the UK was 'the first safe country' and the 300k+ people had arrived on our European shores. I'm pretty sure the complaints on here would be about the rest of Europe not helping us out by letting us ship people around the continent. But it's OK as they're not banging on our door so sod them.

Cheers

Grim

Well said

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Originally Posted by Tezcatlipoca

As well as destabilising the Middle East in general, the Iraq War was also responsible for creating the conditions for ISIS to survive and thrive in the first place. If the UK and US had not invaded Iraq, there would be no ISIS.

And then, of course, "the West" decided it wanted rid of Assad in Syria, even if it meant that Salafist insurgents grew in power.



Given the UK and the USA's contribution to this whole mess, I think that both countries have a particular responsibility to help those in need, in addition to any moral responsibility that all countries should have.

This is exactly the point, the UK has an obligation to help, ideally to help resolve the cause of the problem and not just the symptoms