Time for a New Kurdish state

Iraqi Shiite lawmakers voted to expel US forces from their sh*thole country.  PDJT should take them up on the offer, but not before establishing an autonomous free Kurdish state in the north of Iraq.

Such a plan would solve all sorts of problems.  People claiming PDJT abandoned the Kurds in Syria – not true by the way – would have to STFU.  We’d have a fairly reliable ally in the region to be a counter weight to Shiite Iran and Shiite Iraq. 

Such a move would make the Iranian mullahs very nervous.  It’ll also make NATO ally Turkey very nervous.  It’ll cause the Shite Iraqis to rethink their expulsion order as an American armed and trained Kurdish state would dominate the region and strike fear into Shiite Iraqi politicians. 

PDJT has already said we aren’t leaving until Iraq pays us for the airbase we built.  Trump should up the ante by stating in unambiguous terms we’re not leaving until we establish an autonomous Kurdish state in norther Iraq.

Knowing that the Iraqi army probably would be unable to uproot a US backed Kurdish state, my guess is the Shiite azzbags might reconsider their expulsion resolution.  Just the threat of such a plan might be enough for Shiite recalculation.

Today’s JG rant

Re JG Editorial “The Hoosier heart” of Jan 3, 2020.

When investigating the Watergate break in, Woodward and Bernstein popularized the phrase, “follow the money.”  The phrase is operable with regard to the growing list of Republican governors signing on to refugee resettlement in their states in spite of PDJT’s executive order giving them the opportunity to opt out.

There’s big money in refugee resettlement. States and volunteer organizations are lining up at the trough to get a share of the nearly unregulated federal largess being thrown away on refugee resettlement. 

Catholic “Charities” is a scam.  The “charity” gets over 60% of its funding from the federal government – 2.9 billion federal dollars in 2010. That’s not a charity.  That’s a government wealth redistribution center.

Christian based “charities” and churches receive the following compensation on average per refugee:

·         From the US State Department - $1,850, including children

·         From US DHHS matching grant program - $2,200

And here’s another little advertised fact that the JG, Catholic “charities” and the feds don’t want to get out: It is 12 times more cost effective to administer to refugees within the region that they originate.

If Catholic “charities” were not scam they wouldn’t be profiting by taking so much federal money, and the money that they did take would be expended in the region from which these refugees originated. 

Republican governors are useful, nay, make that useless idiots in this drama. It’s not a big heart that wastes so much money to resettle the few while so many more remain in danger and squalor – it’s cruelty.      

                                         

Friday, January 03, 2020 1:00 am

Editorial

The Hoosier heart

State, Allen County extend welcome to refugees

Gov. Eric Holcomb last month joined a growing list of governors endorsing refugee resettlement in their states, rejecting an opportunity to close their doors to any of the 18,000 refugees the Trump administration will allow in 2020. An executive order requires state leaders to provide written consent for resettlement by Jan. 21.

“Our long tradition of welcoming and helping to resettle refugees with support from our federal partners, shows the world the compassion of Hoosiers and our willingness to give others the ability to grow and prosper in the great state of Indiana,” Holcomb wrote in a Dec. 13 letter.

The Indiana governor is among 30-plus who have now issued letters in support of resettlement. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio has also sent a letter of consent. While 16 governors have yet to respond to this month's deadline, none have specifically said they will reject refugees. Daniel Horowitz, writing for the Conservative Review, called out Holcomb and other GOP governors for “quietly undermining Trump's promise to shut down the refugee resettlement racket.”

Indiana resettled 865 refugees in fiscal 2019, according to federal data. That was close to 3% of all refugees resettled in the U.S.

In Fort Wayne, Catholic Charities oversees resettlement. In the last fiscal year, the agency assisted 208 refugees in resettling here: 176 Burmese, 14 from the Democratic Republic of Congo, 10 from Russia, five from Ukraine and three from Burundi. 

The requirement for written consent to continue participating is also required by local government, which the Allen County commissioners also have submitted. In Marion County, Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett submitted a letter of consent.

In 2015, Gov. Mike Pence shut the door on Syrian refugees fleeing violence in their war-torn country. Hoosiers spoke loudly against his heartless response to a humanitarian crisis. In enthusiastically approving refugee resettlement, his successor better reflects our values.