>>”It was obvious all those things would increase the number of refugees, and it was obvious that the West would be suckers and take in those refugees.”<<
Yes. Perhaps, the West should have stayed out of that part of the world entirely in the last 60 yrs or so; though it’s too late now, and the West obviously won’t stay out.
So, if the West does continue to wage wars, then the West equally is *morally*, at least, obliged to take in the refugees that result. History is often a continuation; we also are and have been paying for the consequences of our own actions in those parts of the world for the last 60 yrs, if not more.
I don’t agree that intervention makes us morally obligated to accept refuges. But if it does, then all the more reason to avoid war in third world countries.