Tell me this makes sense. The Iraqi refugees are in either Jordan or Syria, YET, Bush won't have a dialogue with Syria. What the heck is that already?
Iraq refugee crisis hits "epic proportions"
Amid the daily media reports of suicide bombings, sectarian violence and troop casualties, Iraqi civilians generally get overlooked.
But today the world will be focussing attention on the nearly 4 million people who have been forced to flee their homes since the U.S.-led invasion.
If the number is hard to imagine, then it's a bit like uprooting the population of Paris - twice.
We're now seeing a "migration crisis of epic proportions", according to the International Rescue Committee, a relief agency which works with refugees.
Around half those who have left their homes are living in Syria and Jordan, which are struggling with the burden - the issue is particularly sensitive in Jordan where Iraqis now make up a fifth of the population. (You can't help wondering how a European country might act in a similar situation.) ...
Why are Iraqis opposed to Bush's illegal invasion? Look at this and somehow the people that minister to their flocks are supposed to support this strife. It's not rational to expect that of any people.
2.7 million people living in areas contaminated by mines and unexploded ordinance
1.9 million uprooted internally
4 million food insecure
8 million in urgent need of humanitarian help
That is what the refugees are leaving. What they are going to, and it's amazing to realize are Arab nations that carry the burden for these people without complaints as they struggle with the strife of their own people. Neither Jordan or Syria are wealthy nations. Neither are oil nations either.
