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http://news.yahoo.com/drowned-syria...s-human-cost-of-refugee-crisis-145135288.html

Tragic image of drowned Syrian toddler highlights human cost of refugee crisis

His name was Aylan.

Images of a drowned Syrian boy’s body washed ashore on a Turkish beach caught the world’s attention Wednesday and highlighted the tragic plight of thousands of migrants who are fleeing the war-torn region, and the brutality of Islamic terrorists, to seek safety and asylum.

Three-year-old Aylan Kurdi was one of at least 12 Syrians who drowned trying to reach the Greek island of Kos.

The distressing pictures show Aylan, wearing a red T-shirt and blue shorts, lying face-down in the sand in Bodrum, a popular resort city, before a Turkish police officer carries his body away. The images quickly spread across the Internet under the hashtag “#KiyiyaVuranInsanlik,” which means “humanity washed ashore,” drawing renewed attention to the humanitarian crisis in Syria.

“Words and numbers only go so far and often the world needs something so out of the ordinary [of our] experience and so jarring to the senses to force it to engage,” Rob Simpson, a British humanitarian worker in Yemen (temporarily in Jordan), said to Yahoo News. “Yes, the picture is horrific, but the story it tells is even more so; one tragedy really amplifies the other. The only thing I hope is that the debate around whether it was right or wrong to broadcast this to the world does not overshadow and outweigh the real debate lying underneath: How a child can die this way.”

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Images of the toddler's body have dominated international headlines. (AFP Photo)

The widely shared image triggered intense emotions and left many who saw it seeking ways to take action to help those displaced by Syria's civil war, including Claire Nelson, a Glasgow-based businesswoman who took to Twitter after she saw the pictures.

“I stared at this picture this morning, really stared, and then I sobbed. Deeply and desperately sobbed. I sobbed for this child, his mother, his father and siblings. I sobbed for the others like him that we have seen washed ashore like litter on the beach,” she said in an email to Yahoo News.
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Can someone direct me to a fund that is trying to help these people? This is breaking my heart

“I’m not entirely sure what I can do to help this situation,” she continued. “But I do know that I cannot sit back and pretend that this isn’t happening. [I can't pretend] that that boy washed up on the shore wasn’t once a carefree happy child like one of my own, that there aren’t desperate parents trying to fight for and protect their children at our shores and borders. I will look and see and feel — because someone has to.”
 
NSFL warning, maybe

That's the most horrifying image I've seen in a long time.
 
speeds said:
NSFL warning, maybe

That's the most horrifying image I've seen in a long time.
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It really makes me feel bad for complaining about BLM. I should be focusing on trying to support ways to help these poor people out.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
I completely agree! Nice to see our Middle Eastern allies doing something for their Arab brothers and sisters.
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You don't have to sell me on the disgusting behavior of the Middle East. Allies or not, I never like their ideology
 
This is what War does. Every war we've been involved in has created things like this.

This is why I'm anti War. I'm already against the potential War with Iran.

YOU'RE NOT SENDING MY SON!!
 
dviss1 said:
This is what War does. Every war we've been involved in has created things like this.

This is why I'm anti War. I'm already against the potential War with Iran.

YOU'RE NOT SENDING MY SON!!
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I am against war as well. I think it's soooo sad
 
dviss1 said:
This is what War does. Every war we've been involved in has created things like this.

This is why I'm anti War. I'm already against the potential War with Iran.

YOU'RE NOT SENDING MY SON!!
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It doesn't matter if you're anti-war. It matters if the opposing force is, as well. In Syria, they're not.
 
3RA1N1AC said:
America has plenty of room. Put them all in beautiful central Oregon.
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Sorry, we need all of that room for Spotted Owls, Beavers, Wolves, Elk, Deer, etc. But if Syria has any of those animals they can send them here and we'll be sure to give them homes.
 
BrianFromWA said:
It doesn't matter if you're anti-war. It matters if the opposing force is, as well. In Syria, they're not.
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It most certainly does. Neither Iraq (my cousin did 2 tours) nor Afghanistan (my other cousin is there as we speak) should've been waged.
 
dviss1 said:
It most certainly does. Neither Iraq (my cousin did 2 tours) nor Afghanistan (my other cousin is there as we speak) should've been waged.
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First, we don't have a draft, so they signed up "to be waged". Second, do you think the US had any thought of war in Afghanistan before 9/11? We were anti-war, and NYC and DC got clobbered. The French and Brits were anti-war in 1939. They got their asses handed to them. The South Koreans were minding their own anti-war business in June 1950 when a few hundred thousand North Koreans (and eventually a bunch of Chinese) didn't care about that. Kuwait was about as anti-war as you can get (barely had a police force, much less a military) in 1990 when Iraq invaded them. Nobody in Sudan seems affected by South Sudan's anti-war stance as hundreds of thousands are raped and killed. Your other cousin (who you say is here with me in Afghanistan) is not even in a combat role right now (as directed by the President). We're here to "train, advise and assist" Afghan police and military to have security in their country so that those anti-war people like Doctors Without Borders, Red Cross, International Development organizations and Donor Organizations/countries can do what they do best in helping people become healthy, literate and (hopefully) prosperous. Doesn't matter that they're anti-war, because the Taliban/Al Qaeda/Haqqani Network/ISIS blow them up, behead them or otherwise kill them.

To bring it a bit closer to (your) home, it doesn't matter if you are anti-cop violence or not. If a cop is anti-you, you're done. What makes you think it's different on a global scale?
 
BrianFromWA said:
First, we don't have a draft, so they signed up "to be waged". Second, do you think the US had any thought of war in Afghanistan before 9/11? We were anti-war, and NYC and DC got clobbered. The French and Brits were anti-war in 1939. They got their asses handed to them. The South Koreans were minding their own anti-war business in June 1950 when a few hundred thousand North Koreans (and eventually a bunch of Chinese) didn't care about that. Kuwait was about as anti-war as you can get (barely had a police force, much less a military) in 1990 when Iraq invaded them. Nobody in Sudan seems affected by South Sudan's anti-war stance as hundreds of thousands are raped and killed. Your other cousin (who you say is here with me in Afghanistan) is not even in a combat role right now (as directed by the President). We're here to "train, advise and assist" Afghan police and military to have security in their country so that those anti-war people like Doctors Without Borders, Red Cross, International Development organizations and Donor Organizations/countries can do what they do best in helping people become healthy, literate and (hopefully) prosperous. Doesn't matter that they're anti-war, because the Taliban/Al Qaeda/Haqqani Network/ISIS blow them up, behead them or otherwise kill them.

To bring it a bit closer to (your) home, it doesn't matter if you are anti-cop violence or not. If a cop is anti-you, you're done. What makes you think it's different on a global scale?
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One can be anti-war but pro-defense.
 
BrianFromWA said:
First, we don't have a draft, so they signed up "to be waged". Second, do you think the US had any thought of war in Afghanistan before 9/11? We were anti-war, and NYC and DC got clobbered. The French and Brits were anti-war in 1939. They got their asses handed to them. The South Koreans were minding their own anti-war business in June 1950 when a few hundred thousand North Koreans (and eventually a bunch of Chinese) didn't care about that. Kuwait was about as anti-war as you can get (barely had a police force, much less a military) in 1990 when Iraq invaded them. Nobody in Sudan seems affected by South Sudan's anti-war stance as hundreds of thousands are raped and killed. Your other cousin (who you say is here with me in Afghanistan) is not even in a combat role right now (as directed by the President). We're here to "train, advise and assist" Afghan police and military to have security in their country so that those anti-war people like Doctors Without Borders, Red Cross, International Development organizations and Donor Organizations/countries can do what they do best in helping people become healthy, literate and (hopefully) prosperous. Doesn't matter that they're anti-war, because the Taliban/Al Qaeda/Haqqani Network/ISIS blow them up, behead them or otherwise kill them.

To bring it a bit closer to (your) home, it doesn't matter if you are anti-cop violence or not. If a cop is anti-you, you're done. What makes you think it's different on a global scale?
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I don't know if I ever told you this before but I appreciate your service to this country. Must respect and honor to all those that have or still serve in the U.S. Military.
 
I had to return my tv to Costco today because the remote quit working. Poor me.
 
Oh wait, the one I wanted last time was more expensive then and out of stock. This time they had tons of them and the price was lower than the one I returned. Lucky me.
 
Lucky for these guys that Denny Crane believes in open borders and relying on charity from the community and private individuals rather than government welfare programs.

He'll gladly put up a dozen or so at his place. He's got a nice balcony. Big enough for a small tent.
 
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