{"id":12030,"date":"2015-09-09T07:29:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T12:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=12030"},"modified":"2015-09-09T07:29:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T12:29:00","slug":"realism-and-the-refugee-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=12030","title":{"rendered":"Realism and the Refugee Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<header>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2015\/09\/08\/realism-and-the-refugee-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Realism and the Refugee Crisis<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"entry-meta\"><strong>There are two key elements to addressing the flood of Mideast refugees into Europe. One is\u00a0the immediate humanitarian crisis. The second is to undertake a realistic approach toward stabilizing the war-torn region, which will require Washington working with Moscow and Tehran, writes ex-CIA official Graham E. Fuller.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>The picture last week of the little Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi dead on the beach in Turkey is one of those iconic pictures whose intense human face forces deeper reflection, especially upon publics for whom distant tragedies tend to be statistics rather than specific human stories.<\/p>\n<p>I\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/grahamefuller.com\/the-global-crisis-of-refugees-the-ultimate-security-issue\/\">wrote<\/a>\u00a0about the refugee crisis last April at the time when the media was filled with pictures of precarious boats on the high seas, being commandeered by European officials, or rescued from capsizing. I commented at that time that while a very real crisis is at hand for Europe, attention has been riveted almost exclusively upon the immediate situation.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"image-anchor\" href=\"http:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/syrian-civil-war-azaz.jpg?55ac53\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9874\" src=\"http:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/syrian-civil-war-azaz-300x164.jpg?55ac53\" alt=\"A scene of destruction after an aerial bombing in Azaz, Syria, Aug. 16, 2012. (U.S. government photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That is natural enough \u2014 the situation cries out for immediate treatment. But this comes perhaps at the cost of longer-range analysis of the deeper sources of such problems; that is where the long-term heavy lifting by the international community will need to be done. There should be no doubt \u2014 this is a very real national security issue and thus should draw upon a significant portion of national security budgets, to much better end.<\/p>\n<p>Europe, of course, is the immediate destination of this stream of refugees, and why not? For the Middle East and North Africa, Europe is the nearest region that possesses the wealth as well as functioning humanitarian values\u00a0<em>and institutional structure<\/em>\u00a0that can offer refuge. Europe has not had a whole lot of choice in the matter, but it is praiseworthy that many countries there, especially Germany, take this moral and humanitarian responsibility seriously.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Realism and the Refugee Crisis There are two key elements to addressing the flood of Mideast refugees into Europe. One is\u00a0the immediate humanitarian crisis. The second is to undertake a realistic approach toward stabilizing the war-torn region, which will require Washington working with Moscow and Tehran, writes ex-CIA official Graham E. Fuller. 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