Operation rescue the christians of the middle east face extinction

[barryqwalsh]

There is no chance the electorate wants to import the Sunni-Shia schism into Australia via a large influx of Muslims dislocated by this conflict. That is a political reality. There have already been too many incidents of Sunni-Shia conflict in Australia, and far too many incidents of anti-Western Muslim militancy, or worse.

If either the Coalition or Labor were to announce a large-scale program of humanitarian immigration from the war zone, it would encounter the public's aversion to the systemic failure of democracy, pluralism and religious tolerance in the Arab world. But that does not mean Australians would not be willing to support a significantly larger humanitarian intake from the region.

For the past 20 years Christians have been ethnically cleansed across much of the Middle East as part of the rise of Muslim militancy.


Operation rescue: the Christians of the Middle East are facing extinction

 

[B. Kidd]

Whaat?

Do you mean the picture of the drowned 3 yr. old Syrian did not tug at the heartstrings of Aussies?