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On 2015-08-27 16:05, Joseph Catron via Marxism wrote:
Because "the Islamic Republic of Iran remains host to one of the
world's largest and most protracted refugee populations"
Sure, but without even consulting any exact numbers, I believe there are
more refugees in Lebanon in absolute numbers, with an overall population
that must be 10 times smaller. This is the disproportionality that I
think Ken was questioning. I can think of reasons that Syrian refugees
might be less inclined to choose Iran as a destination, but most
refugees are desperate enough to accept any safe location where they are
welcome.
Anyway I think it is rather remarkable that Joseph suddenly became so
defensive when this simple question was posed. I had thought this email
list was about sharing information and analyses. Not an argument over
which capitalist government is the most evil, even if that were a
meaningful question.
- Jeff
One would think it might be a more obvious question why Western
countries seem to think they deserve damn medals of heroism when they
deign to accept a few thousand here and there.
On 2015-08-26 18:39, Ken Hiebert via Marxism wrote:
I wonder if Iran has accepted any refugees. Would they be willing to
take those who are being pushed back into Syria?
ken h
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