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olivialum

Welcome to Italy: this is what a real immigration crisis looks like » The Spe... - 2 views

www.spectator.co.uk/...the-invasion-of-italy

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  • Well, Italy has been invaded in just this way, by migrants from many nations all coming over here from Libya. And Italy’s unelected government has agreed to take them all. This makes the Italian people — who are among the least racist in Europe — very angry. It’s hard to blame them.
  • This hugely expensive operation — ‘Mare Nostrum’ — ran until October last year and rescued nearly 190,000 people.
  • ‘They don’t want to be identified here — otherwise, under the Dublin Accords, they would have to stay in our country. So when a police officer is in front of an Eritrean who is two metres tall who doesn’t want his fingerprints taken, he can’t break his fingers, but must respect his human rights.’
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  • Last year, most were from sub-Saharan Africa.
  • It’s worth remembering here that the majority of the boat people are Muslims and reports suggest that a small number are Islamic terrorists. The terrorists of ISIS are, we know from their Twitter feeds, obsessed with taking their crusade to Rome.
  • no intention of staying in Italy
  • has been mired in recession for most of the past six years, with an official unemployment rate of 13 per cent (the real rate is probably 20 per cent) and the youth unemployment rate at a staggering 43 per cent.
  • A couple of months ago, there was much talk about UN sanctioned military action by the EU to stop the smugglers’ boats putting to sea from the Libyan coast.
  • The French have ‘closed’ their border with Italy on the Côte d’Azur in defiance of the Schengen Agreement, which guarantees free movement within member nations. They are rigorously checking trains, cars and even footpaths across the mountains, and sending any illegal migrants back to Italy; they say they have sent back 6,000 this year. The justification is simple: the Italians are failing to identify these people and distinguish economic migrants from refugees. Who can argue with that? The Austrians are doing the same at the Brenner Pass in the Alps.
  • ‘an attack against life’ akin to abortion
  • All of us feel it to be our moral duty to save lives where we can. Yet it cannot be our moral duty to ferry such vast numbers across the Mediterranean into Italy and Europe for ever, unless they are genuine refugees.
  • Prime Minister Renzi tried to pretend that the migrant crisis did not exist, but now that it has turned into an emergency he can remain silent no longer. He blames other EU countries for putting the nation before the union — in this latest meltdown of EU collective responsibility — and the British and the French in particular for getting rid of Muammar Gaddafi and turning Libya into a failed state.
  • ‘Plan B’
alisimons

Syria's Assad Blames West for Refugee Crisis - 6 views

www.nytimes.com/...ideast-crisis-syria-assad.html

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  • alisimons on 16 Sep 15
     
    BEIRUT - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has blamed Europe's refugee crisis on Western support for "terrorists", as people fleeing his country's civil war stream towards the European Union. In his first public comments on the mass migration, broadcast on Wednesday, Assad said Europe could expect more refugees.
  • Kay Bradley on 17 Sep 15
     
    Let's clarify the substance of Assad's comments with reference to the "Daily Life In Syria" article.
Kay Bradley

Experience Isn't Enough in Pakistan's Punjab Flood Plain - NYTimes.com - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...22pstan.html

Pakistan

shared by Kay Bradley on 08 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Kay Bradley on 08 Sep 10
     
    Pakistanis look for someone to blame
ershai

Exxon oil company blames individuals for climate change, Harvard study finds - Vox - 1 views

www.vox.com/...risis-exxonmobil-harvard-study

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  • ershai on 26 Oct 21
     
    Corporations use propaganda campaigns to push the blame of climate change on individual consumers.
Kay Bradley

Cuba is poor, but who is to blame - Castro or 50 years of US blockade? - 0 views

theconversation.com/-50-years-of-us-blockade-69528

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  • Kay Bradley on 29 Oct 21
     
    Read this one first! Why? Because it takes a longer view, pre-1959.
samuelws

The growing clamor for - and against - vaccine mandates - 0 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...clamor-against-vaccine-grows

shared by samuelws on 06 Sep 21 - No Cached
  • samuelws on 06 Sep 21
     
    There is public hesitancy to the vaccine and resistance to the vaccine mandate in Europe, but backlash has been stronger in the USA due to a more partisan environment fueling more staunch and extreme opinions. The author contends that blame against unvaccinated people and backlash against anti-vaxx sentiments is actually making people more resistant to getting vaccinated.
  • samuelws on 06 Sep 21
     
    In Europe there is hesitancy to get vaccinated and resistance to vaccine mandates, but in the USA it is stronger because the partisan environment is making people have stronger opinions. The author also contends that blame against anti-vaxxers and backlash against anti-vaxx sentiments is actually making people more staunch in their opinions and hesitant to get vaccinated.
Stuart Suplick

Texans Stick With Cruz Despite Defeat in Washington - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...pite-defeat-in-washington.html

Cruz Republicans Republican divide Government shutdown federal-state relations ACA

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  • Stuart Suplick on 19 Oct 13
     
    Although the Texan Senator Ted Cruz has been the focus of much blame for the government shutdown, many Texans appreciate his strong conservative effort in Washington, much less to defund the ACA. Still, moderate and establishment Republicans in Texas disapprove of Cruz, and question his real purpose for stalling the government. While quieted, there a divide within the red state among Republicans. But is this political divide a bigger issue than the divide between Texas and other liberal states?
  • Kay Bradley on 19 Oct 13
     
    "But the continued support for Mr. Cruz among Texas Republicans illustrates something larger: the cultural and political divide that continues to widen between a red state that President Obama lost by nearly 16 points in the 2012 election and the blue or even purple parts of the country where Mr. Cruz's tone and tactics have caused outrage and consternation"
Kay Bradley

Pakistan's Army Pushes Shake-Up For Government - NYTimes.com - 3 views

www.nytimes.com/...29pstan.html

Pakistan

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  • Kay Bradley on 01 Oct 10
     
    Wow!
  • Amara Plaza-Jennings on 03 Oct 10
     
    It is shocking to see the state that the government is in (especially the part about them only having two months' salary). In Pakistan's history this would have meant a military or oppositiong party takeover. However, neither general Kayani nor fromer prime minister Sharif wants to be responsible for the disaster caused by the floods. The military has been doing most of the work in flood aid. But the fact that neither group wants to take over shows just how bad Pakistan's situation is.
  • Arshia Surti on 03 Oct 10
     
    I wonder why only 2 million out of 170 million people pay taxes. It seems to be the political culture, since top government officials don't pay either. Gilani, who really runs the country, is also being blamed, instead of just Zardari. In addition, it seems that another military coup is in the near future, but how are the people going to reconcile their desire for democracy with the current government's unpopularity?
Heather Anderson

U.S. Apologizes for Syphilis Experiment in Guatemala - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...02infect.html

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  • Heather Anderson on 02 Oct 10
     
    Maybe more of an ethics topic, but I'd say it affects U.S.-Guatemala relations, too...
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  • Catherine Binder on 02 Oct 10
     
    I'd heard about the experiment in the news, but the details that come to surface in this article are just appalling. I'm horrified and embarrassed. It's just one of the many examples of why other countries hate us, and quite frankly, I can't blame them.
  • Harrison Lee on 03 Oct 10
     
    I found this article truly shocking. The U.S.'s hypocrisy in the past century has been baffling, and one line in the article (that criticized the U.S.'s prosecution of Nazi's while commiting aweful humanitarian crimes itself) in particular really highlights this point. The fact that these crimes occurred, and moreover, the fact that the U.S. got away with it for over half a century, sheds light on how America viewed the rest of the world. This article reminded me of the exploitation of have-not's that we have studied in history by the have's (bourgeoisie vs. proletariats). This is also relevant to the domestic crimes involved with Tuskegee and the socioeconomic divide in America during those times. While I appreciate the efforts to improve transparency in the government, I totally believe that apologies are not enough. There should be reparations.
  • Amara Plaza-Jennings on 03 Oct 10
     
    I agree with all that has been said. I was horrified when I was reading this article. I had heard stories of some unethical scientific experiments before, but I never thought that the US could be involved in something as terrible as this, something just as terrible as the experiments of the Nazi's. This article highlighted my beliefs and prejudices that the US was more ethical than other countries, when in reality we have a similar, if less well known, history.
  • Rachel Katzoff on 03 Oct 10
     
    I am very proud of Clinton for issuing an appology for the actions of the US government. I am glad that there was a public statement made in order to admit to our crimes as a nation. I find it hard to believe that the US would do these horrible things, and it serves as a reminder that the US was not always a free and accepting nation. We have a deep history of racism. I don't think that appologies are enough to repent for the horrors we caused, but I think they are a step in the right direction. Articles like this are a great way to prompt discussion aobut our racist past as well as remember what has happened in order to make sure these crimes will never be repeated.
  • Rebecca Heller on 04 Oct 10
     
    I have to admit that when I first heard about this, I thought that it was some sort of twisted joke. I found it particularly appalling that these studies were conducted on prison inmates and mental patients, people who were completely at the mercy of the government system and had little or no other independence (and therefore no way to get out of this). The fact that the United States could do something so completely hypocritical, especially while leading the Nuremberg trials (as Harrison pointed out) is shocking. I am glad that Secretary of State Clinton and the US government seem to be ready to apologize for this heinous program without attempting to justify or conditionalize it and that they openly apologized to the Guatemalan government. I hope that they will continue to be as transparent during the Guatemalan investigation.
alevi123

'Occupy Wall Street' Protests Offer Obama Opportunity and Threats - 5 views

The reason why they are attacking Obama is because people always need to place their blame on someone. And though Obama says he is the "defender of the middle class", actions speak louder than word...

obama occupy wall street economic policies

started by Jenna Mowat on 07 Oct 11 2 follow-ups, last by alevi123 on 09 Oct 11
quinnlewis

Sinai plane crash: 'External influence' caused crash - BBC News - 0 views

www.bbc.com/...world-europe-34697416

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  • quinnlewis on 04 Nov 15
     
    The Russian airline Kogalymavia has blamed "external influence" for Saturday's Sinai plane crash which killed 224 people. A senior airline official said: "The only reasonable explanation is that it was [due to] external influence." An investigation by aviation experts using data from the aircraft's "black boxes" has yet to give its conclusions. The idea that the plane was brought down by an external force hints that somebody shot it down- possibly causing a rift in international diplomacy.
sebastiansalazar

How Giuliani Led Trump to the Brink of Impeachment - 3 views

I feel like this article gives too much credit to Rudy. I feel like Trump carries the blame for a lot of what they're throwing at Rudy. Not that Rudy is innocent. He isn't. But I feel like this art...

started by nicholasf2021 on 09 Dec 19 2 follow-ups, last by sebastiansalazar on 09 Dec 19
dominickq2021

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55585546 - 1 views

I think it will be interesting to see how this retaliation -and possibly future ones- will affect Joe Biden's legitimacy going forward. If this happens again will some of the blame/bad press be dir...

started by amalieg2021 on 11 Jan 21 1 follow-up, last by dominickq2021 on 11 Jan 21
stephens2021

As Politicians Clashed, Bolivia's Pandemic Death Rate Soared - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...virus-bolivia.html

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  • stephens2021 on 29 Aug 20
     
    Bolivia is struggling to contain the spread of coronavirus as a result of political turmoil and weak infrastructure. Bolivia's interim president, Jeanine Áñez, announced in late January of this year that she would be running for office, and postponed the election from May to October over concerns that the pandemic would make voting unsafe. Her decision to run for president strained her relationship with opposition lawmakers and officials, which resulted in a disorganized effort to combat the pandemic. Roadblocks and protests by labor unions and supporters of former president Evo Morales have further hindered Bolivia's response. Bolivia's ineffective efforts have left hospitals without the equipment required, leaving many infected without care.
  • ethand2021 on 30 Aug 20
     
    This is a scary reality for many countries in south and central America. I have seen reports of extremely high death rates due to the lack of care available and the weak infrastructure of these countries. For example, Guatemala is dealing with a similar problem. They have had to dig mass graves for unidentified coronavirus victims and the reported death and case rate is not accurate. It would be interesting to look at the history of these countries, the way America had a role in them, and why they are being hit so hard by the pandemic.
  • lukegentry on 31 Aug 20
     
    I find this example particularly unique to point out the effect of a weak and disunited government on how emergencies are handled. It seems as though the Bolivian government can only blame itself for the civilian lives lost. In my opinion, this parallels with the U.S., albeit to a lesser degree, as political disagreements and disunification have allowed the virus to sweep across the country before plans and safety measures were implemented.
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