U.S. vows to help Europe, but unlikely to take in more migrants?

Doesn't the USA accept 400,000 or more a year crossing the southern border? It's not the 70,000 as mentioned in the article more like 1/2 million.

But what those situations involved and Syria’s may lack is a sense of U.S. responsibility.

The US? No responsibility for the mess in Syria? That is priceless!

@warispeace"No responsibility for the mess in Syria?"

They have their loyal servants in Europe. So, the EU is taking full responsibility now.

Banish the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free, Drown the wretched refuse on the teeming shore. Keep these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, from me: I light my lamp inside the padlocked, golden door

you break it you own it

Why aren't all of these "migrants" now flocking to Europe seeking asylum in someplace closer? Why not Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Dubai, etc., etc., etc? There is plenty of oil money in the Middle East to take care of them, yet those countries have closed their borders to the invading hoards. Perhaps they know something about these invaders that the well-intensioned, but horribly uniformed Europeons don't.

Now we see that many of the migrants are destroying their identification cards and adopting new identities. Europe has no idea who they are letting into their countries. In the foreseeable future, The EU will experience higher crime rates, more acts of terrorism and a loss of tourism €€€ as a result of this influx.

Don't be fooled by the carefully selected photographs of struggling families and crying children. Even the story about "migrant" infant washed up on shore turned out to be a cruel hoax perpetrated by the leftist global media machine. We are witnessing an invasion, and Germany and other EU nations being fooled by this 21st century Trojan Horse can look forward to a rise in submission to Sharia law and a destruction of its own cultures.

No, we need to make sure we keep these "refugees" out of the United States. There are enough documented legitimate people waiting to become U.S. citizens, and their needs should/must come first. . . .

No, we need to make sure we keep these "refugees" out of the United States. There are enough documented legitimate people waiting to become U.S. citizens

Right. That's all we need now- more muslims from war torn countries who blame the US anyway. The recent killings by (Kuwait born) Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, in Chatanooga TN also helps to illustrates Texas A&amps statement.

Doesn't the USA accept 400,000 or more a year crossing the southern border?

@MarkG, good point. And some of those crossing have extensive criminal records and wind up murdering innocent american citizens. Worse, they're not routinely deported!

Let's hope Easter Europeans won't have similar problems.

No, we need to make sure we keep those "refugees" out of the United States.

The USA created a mess in ME but EU takes responsibility. Wonderful. But this is a good lesson for all so-called 'allies' of the USA.

"We break it, you fix it". Wow, truly equal relationship between the US and European satellites lol

Well, I suppose we can all point fingers every which way, and each of us would be right to some extent. However, to blame everything on one particular cause or the other is shortsighted. It should also be noted that Merkle isn't helping the situation by swinging the EU's doors wide open. Because of her public statements, a trickle of migrants today could become a tsunami tomorrow. Not sure what the exact numbers are of refugess who are thinking about making the journey to the EU but it's probably in the millions, which is a big difference from today's 10s of thousands. She's just squirting oil on the fire.

What to do about what-a-mess is a good question? Bomb Syria? Bomb ISIS? Airstrikes only go so far, but eventually infantry rules the day. As Napoleon said, "Infantry is the queen of the battlefield." Are the Germans going to do it? I don't think so. Is the EU going to do it? I don't think so. So who does that leave? Obama certainly isn't going to do it, so what happens now? Trump may actually have the best idea about dealing with ISIS which is to bomb their oil wells and facilities. Cut off their income and you choke them financially.

@MarkG, good point. And some of those crossing have extensive criminal records and wind up murdering innocent american citizens. Worse, they're not routinely deported!

Let's hope Easter Europeans won't have similar problems.

Thank you Donald Trump. I mean Wc626. Yup, let's hope that Easter (assume you meant Eastern) Europeans have the "simlar problems" that the millions of Mexican, law-abiding immigrants have brought to the U.S.

The USA created a mess in ME but EU takes responsibility. Wonderful. But this is a good lesson for all so-called 'allies' of the USA.

the U.S. isn’t saying if it will increase its worldwide quota for resettling refugees from 70,000.

What hypocrits. Folks comfortably ensconsed there in Japan, which accepted 14 or so refugees last year, critisizing the U.S. for noy upping its quota of 70,000. How much aid has Japan pledged to the EU? Bet it is a tiny fraction of the $4 BILLION the U.S. is giving.

Convenient nonsense. Sure, George W. screwed up Iraq big-time, but this crisis is primarily a result of Assad, and the backing he has gotten from the Russians. The U.S. and the Syrian opposition, had him on the run a year or so back, but Russia came to his defense, and this is the result. Why don't you aim some of that moral indignation in that direction?

Of course terrorists amd criminals(drug, white slavery, etc ) will also enter.

Vienna just boosted their police force from 2.600 to 3.600 and the population is less than 2 mill.

Rest of Austrian police and military forces are also boosted, glad I am too old to get called up.Saw enough action, etc.

@stormcrow

the best idea about dealing with ISIS which is to bomb their oil wells and facilities. Cut off their income and you choke them financially.

And this is not done yet? Excellent testimony to the true nature of "relentless war on terror" the US so much talking about.

@jerseyboy

this crisis is primarily a result of Assad, and the backing he has gotten from the Russians.

Seriously? Syrians are just a part of the refugees tide, the others are Iraqis, Afghanis, Yemenis, Libyans and other Africans. Is it also Assad (Russians) fault, or may be somebody else's?

The US wants to help Europe? How about telling it to forgo bombing Syria and spend the money to settle refugees. The US could stop its bombing, too.

@Asakaze

Not sure about the precision or damage of the U.S. air campaign against ISIS oil installations, but ISIS is reported to be earning $3 million per day from oil exports.

Maybe the USAF needs to intensify or adjust its strategy concerning the way ISIS produces and gets its oil to market.

Realistically how many reading this would prefer a nation in Europe over a nation in the Middle East to try to emigrate to? In Europe is stability, security, and acceptance. In the ME it's none of those.

That said, the worlds population evolved and progressed into divisions we call countries. Some are wealthy, some are not. Some are chaotic, some not..... Should we now accept cultures in mass numbers to introduce their own known sub culture into ones which are quite different?

@stormcrow

I've heard something like that about ISIS oil earnings. USAF has good planes and well-trained pilots, but it badly lacks political will to use all these assets effectively. While it may be difficult to find and destroy small scattered groups of enemy infantry, I absolutely do not believe that for more than a year it was impossible to find all the pipelines and other oil facilities ISIS used. Somebody very powerful is very careful not to damage ISIS too much.

@Asakaze

Yeah, it's a valid point and I suspect the same thing. If they really wanted to shut it down they could, but they don't.

It seems like Obama doesn't want to react with the global ISIS threat. He didn't over two years ago when they were the Junior Varsity terrorist group and hasn't yet even today.

To end the oil money is easy. To end the arms acquisitions from Iraqi's is easy. To slow or halt the mass emigration is easy. Yet, he has no plan!