The story of the Christian worlds marginalization of the Muslim world is the nourishment that feeds the growth of ISIS. That is what makes our response to the Syrian humanitarian disaster interwoven into our strategy to defeat ISIS. Turning our back on those who have been tortured and raped and battered and beaten by Bashar alAssad. after having welcomed massive refugee flows from Cuba and Vietnam and Bosnia. feeds straight into this radical Sunni argument that we are at war with Islam. Imagine the glee in Raqqa when they see postings of American politicians arguing we should take Syrian refugees but only the Christian ones and not the Muslim ones. That is a story line that is an ISIS recruiters dream. None of this is to suggest we shouldnt be taking the fight to ISIS in Syria and Iraq.
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