Quote:vorlon13
Quote:Wiki indicates the Rohingya practice a Sunnis/Sufism brand of Islam. If they are viewed as 'infidels' (??) by their fellow religionists in the Mideast, then the US is going to catch hell for helping them.
If they aren't, then why no outrage from the appropriate sect in the Mideast ??
Just wondering, there seems to be a big part of the story missing.
Additionally, this is a huge headache for Bangladesh, and I'm sure they would really like their $100,000,000 that North Korea stole back as soon as possible.
Going into the complications of sects is not even needed. The real reason for this violence is covered in this BBC article:
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22356306
Um, yeah, going into the complications of sects is needed. If we airlift a bunch of refugees and drop them in the wrong place in the Middle East, for instance, we could start a (another) war, and the Rohingya will still get massacred. Just sending medical and/or food aid to the wrong outfit can result in reprisals, diplomatic complications, and unintended complications. And, do the displaced Rohingya have any kind of organizational structure, that has been vetted, and we can be assured beforehand any aid isn't going to wind up helping a warlord, and/or sold off before reaching the right people and the money either pissed away or spent on weapons to attack us/our allies/neutral parties. Additionally, just read article in Science News (IIRC) and Bangladesh is becoming rapidly uninhabitable due to global warming due to increased temperature and humidity reaching lethal levels more and more often. Encouraging refugees to go there seems especially ill advised considering how long people can be refugees and how fast AGW is progressing.
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