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Former Ambassador to UN [John Bolton]: US Has ‘No Obligation’ to Accept Syrian Refugees
CNS ^ | November 16, 2015 | Barbara Hollingsworth

Posted on 11/17/2015 3:44:36 PM PST by thouworm

John Bolton, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, said Sunday that the U.S. has "no obligation" to accept Syrian refugees.

"We have no obligation to bring them into this country," Bolton told Fox News' Justice host Jeanine Pirro.

He added that the U.S. can refuse to allow Syrian refugees entry "without in any way violating our humanitarian obligations."

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KEYWORDS: infiltrators; invaders; isis; jihadis; johnbolton; killers; norefugees; refugeeresettlement; sendthemback; syriarefugees; syriarefugeestous; terrorists; trojanhorse; usjihad
This Fox News interview was conducted as part of Fox' continuous coverage on Nov 16, 2015. To my knowledge, there is no existing video of the interview.

I had DVRed continuous Fox coverage and have transcribed Judge Pirro's interview with John Bolton in its entirety.

My reason for doing so is to highlight the fact that there ALREADY exists humanitarian protocols (other than refugee resettlement) for victims of war and persecution.

Pressure your Congressmen, Senators, and Governor to reject this reckless, indiscriminate, "shameful" Obama "refugee" operation that puts political self-interest ahead of the safety of American citizens and our communities.

Whatever the motives of European countries, we can be assured that Obama's motive is NOT altruism. After all, he cannot be ignorant of the publicly available facts that

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees does not tell us their ages, but does tell us that 75% are men.

Only 51% are Syrians, the rest are from all over the Middle East and Africa.

Source

OR that of the

Syrians entering US in first six weeks of 2016 fiscal year; 98% are Sunni Muslim

OR that

[Sept 19] Dem Rep: 40 American ISIL Fighters Have Already Returned to the United States

AND that

LOUISIANA GROUP RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTLING REFUGEES ADMITS TO LOSING TRACK OF SYRIAN REFUGEE

BECAUSE:

Refugee resettlement group admits: We don't track them

OR, Can the Obama Adm and his toady "altruistic" leftist governors be ignorant of these facts:

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees picks most of our refugees and in the case of the Syrians they come from UN camps populated by mostly Muslims. [He has judged that] the Syrian Christians are not persecuted because the “regime” (Assad) was protecting them.

Source

ISIS Genocide Victims Do Not Include Christians, the State Department Is Poised to Rule

OR this fact:

Syrian Christians Are in Greatest Peril, But Least Likely to Be Admitted As Refugees

The federal government relies on the United Nations in the refugee application process – and since Syrian Christians are often afraid to register with the U.N., they and other non-Muslims in invariably left out.

Fleeing persecution at the hands of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and other jihadist groups, Syrian Christians generally avoid U.N. refugee camps because they are targeted there too.

Most refugees considered for resettlement in the U.S. are referred by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Applications are then handled by one of nine State Department-managed resettlement support centers around the world...

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Judge Jeanine Pirro's interview with former Ambassador John Bolton

Judge Jeanine Pirro: How do we balance our concern for an humanitarian crisis with a national security mandate?

Ambassador John Bolton: There have long been international conventions about how you handle massive refugee flows, whether from national disasters or war zones. And our obligations are very clear. It is to provide humanitarian assistance and protection to the refugees in refugee camps in their country of first asylum. And then, to consider, at our discretion, bringing refugees to this country.

All the signers of the refugee conventions undertake the same obligations. This system has completely broken down. I attribute a lot of the fault to Turkey for facilitating hundreds of thousands of refugees simply flow through Turkey into Europe. But I blame Europe too for inviting hundreds of thousands of them in.

But the United States does not have to make that mistake without in any way violating our humanitarian obligations.

We have a right to screen applicants for refugee status to see if we can determine that they have been persecuted or can show a well-founded fear of persecution. And until they can demonstrate that, we have no obligation to bring them into this country.

JJP: [Plays the Sunday clip of lying Ben Rhodes declaration that the Obama Adm's conducts "robust" vetting procedures]

How can you possibly say that we have a robust vetting procedure when there are no records, no access to Syrian intelligence, or background information of any kind to determine who these people are. And if they are refugees who come through Europe then there is no way of knowing where they started from. The bottom line is that even the FBI and Homeland Security says they can't vet them. Who's kidding who here?

AJB: Well, I think they are kidding themselves. I've checked with people familir with the status of the UNHCR's capabilities in this area, and also our own law enforcement and intelligence agencies. And they are in despair about what to do about a lot of these people, especially about the ones already in Europe and said to the Europeans when they have registered in various European countries: No, we don't have any documentation. We had to flee our refugee camp on short notice.

The UNHCR reports that many of these refugees are not from Syria to begin with. They're from places as far away as Afghanistan, North Africa, even from Kosovo---alreadt inside Europe. This situation is already extraordinarily confused. And the notion that we can vet these refugees...I just don't know who else believes it, other than the White House.

JJP: I understand that the UN has private companies doing the vetting. And the private companies are paid by the number of people who are placed. Put 2 and 2 together; you can figure that out. Why would anyone risk one American life for the lives of individuals that we don't know anything about.

And, I'm going to add another thing to it: Why don't we take care of these people in Syria? Create a place for them in Syria, as opposed to bringing them here.

AJB: That's what the refugee conventions contemplate, that the refugees come to what's called the country of first asylum Typically, from Syria it's been Turkey and Jordan. We have an obligation, and we should, to provide food, shelter, sanitation, medicine, all the basic human needs to protect and assist them in the refugee camps. It's not a pleasant existence, but it is better than being in a war zone.

The preferred doctrine under international refugee practice is repatriation of the refugees when the circumstance permits. Resettlement only comes when you conclude that there is no chance of successful repatriation. So that goes to the question that the president has ducked these last several years, which is: What are you going to do about Isis which is creating the refugee flows we see at the moment and the general situation in Syria and Iraq.

1 posted on 11/17/2015 3:44:37 PM PST by thouworm
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To: thouworm

We need John Bolton and volumes of works to tell us that?

Common sense tells us that.


2 posted on 11/17/2015 3:46:30 PM PST by Jim W N
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To: thouworm

CBS was in full Obie spin mode. They claimed that only 2% of the Syrian immigrants are young men of war fighting age. I’m calling BS!


3 posted on 11/17/2015 3:47:29 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Tony Schwartz and Meredith McIver, a couple of dam* fine authors...)
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To: thouworm

Because “that’s not who we are” after all

Its a great excuse - we should use it!

We DON’T need to make rich people pay 90% of all taxes, because “that’s not who we are”

We must stop paying welfare to sit on your lazy ass all day because “that’s not who we are”

I like it...


4 posted on 11/17/2015 3:49:07 PM PST by Mr. K (If it is HilLIARy -vs- Jeb! then I am writing-in Palin/Cruz)
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To: LucyT; Jim Robinson; maggief; markomalley; detective; ForYourChildren; carriage_hill

ping...and courtesy pings


5 posted on 11/17/2015 3:52:19 PM PST by thouworm ("The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." --Orwell)
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To: thouworm; Old Sarge; aragorn; Califreak; EnigmaticAnomaly; freeangel; kalee; TWhiteBear; ...
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Former Ambassador to UN [John Bolton]: US Has ‘ No Obligation ’ to Accept Syrian Refugees

Check out article and # 1 .

Thanks, thouworm. (Ignore the: ‘ ’ ... what causes this mess anyway?)

6 posted on 11/17/2015 4:03:25 PM PST by LucyT
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To: thouworm
Jesus Christ discriminates on who get's into His Kingdom. Should we do anything less?

Matthew 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
7 posted on 11/17/2015 4:35:17 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: thouworm
75% men

Just heard on Fox News that it is 75% women and children. Why is the media preaching a different tune (perhaps I know the question) ;-(
8 posted on 11/17/2015 4:37:22 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: thouworm

And fools if we do.


9 posted on 11/17/2015 4:37:46 PM PST by mulligan (I)
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To: gov_bean_ counter; Jan_Sobieski
"CBS was in full Obie spin mode. They claimed that only 2% of the Syrian immigrants are young men of war fighting age. I'm calling BS!"
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Did CBS (or Fox) say where they got that statistic? I haven't seen any credible sources for that stat yet.

Meanwhile...

State Dept.: Refugees can go 'wherever they want to go'

10 posted on 11/17/2015 4:51:02 PM PST by thouworm ("The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." --Orwell)
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To: LucyT
Palestinians are nothing more than displaced Jordanians.
What will displaced Syrians become?
11 posted on 11/17/2015 5:13:11 PM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: thouworm

exactly!


12 posted on 11/17/2015 5:19:29 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: thouworm

Thanks for the ping.


13 posted on 11/17/2015 5:28:40 PM PST by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: LucyT

Obama held a conference call with the governors, and of course, lied like a rug. I hope to God they all know better than to believe a thing he says, or don’t become cowards.


14 posted on 11/18/2015 7:20:00 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read)
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