Image credit: UNHCR [These are Iraqi refugees. Apparently, Rahm Emmanuel doesn't think they're trying hard enough.]It took almost six months, but someone finally managed to knock Clear Channel off their perch ...
Rahm Emmanuel, as quoted by the Washington Post:
We've put about $45 billion into Iraq's reconstruction . . . and they have not spent their own resources," said House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel (Ill.). "They have got to have some skin in the game."
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This turd has been one of the leading cheerleaders for this war on the Democratic side. Given the utter absurdity of this conflict, I suppose I should expect nothing more out of him. Unfortunately, he still walks upright, so I do.
I'll just quote someone else for a moment, with some expository links added:
So this is a game? Over a million Iraqis dead, 4-5 million refugees? How much skin does Rahm think Iraqis should put up for his war? Does he wish more Iraqi children to die?
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Now the U.S. Congress, Democrats and Republicans alike, want Iraqi's to pay for the bullets that kill them.
Monsters in Congress - "Skin in the Game"
Now, I'll quote me:
Nevertheless, a pattern is obvious. Since the war began, refugee influx to the most likely destination countries, particularly the United States, has slowed to a trickle. If anything, it should have changed by orders of magnitude in the opposite direction given the number of refugees the war has created.
Iraq's Refugees
I suggest that if Rahmy wants more skin in this game, maybe he should set a good example. Fight to have more refugees resettled here, instead of fewer.
Bet he doesn't have the courage to do less than he expects Iraqis to do.
UPDATE (Apr. 16): Added illustration and caption.
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