The second explanation is our own weakness. When bad things happen. whether to yourself or to your country. you have to look in the mirror and ask: Did we do anything wrong? And I have a concern that when the chapter on the Syrian refugee crisis is written. neither the United States nor other nations are going to look that good. It is going to be like looking into the 1990s and looking at why the United States was able to intervene and stop atrocities in the Balkans and chose not to in Rwanda. The answer to why we did in one instance and not the otherI dont think that looks good in retrospect. I worry with respect to this refugee crisis. the 4 to 8 million killed. these children and their familieswe have to look in the mirror and ask ourselves whether we have done enough or whether we can do more. Last. there is a nonconventional explanation of why suffering like this occurs that is a challenging one. It is in the Book of Job.