How to Face the Worst Crisis Since World War II

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Secretary Clinton's policy gives aid to desperate people while keeping American's safe,

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and her policy abroad actually prevents possible radicalization of displaced Syrians. Clinton does

not want to change our thorough vetting process, which as said above this will prevent radicals from entering our country. While she has addressed the issues of keeping Americans safe from

radicals, she will proactively stop the increase of anti-American sentiments that could brew a next generation of radicalized terrorists. In “Syrian Refugees Entering Turkey Create Dangers for the United States,” Professor Mark Grey a specialist in immigration and refugee affairs, uses his extensive anthropological interviews in Turkey's refugee camps to provide insight on an important issue; “By not backing up the Syrian rebellion when we had a chance to, we are creating the next generation of terrorists and thousands of them will live in NATO countries.” Syrian's are angry that the United States has not stood up to the Assad regime when we had a chance, and Secretary Clinton understands that. She has laid out policy about not only creating no fly zones over Aleppo and other hot spots, but actually policing these zones, standing up to Russian aggression (Grey). Her opposition on the other hand, will not enforce no fly zones, and actually supports the Assad regime, which creates anti American sentiments among the eleven million displaced Syrians(Grey). The irony of the opposition's policy is seen in two major ways. By perpetuating fear about refugees, the possibility of a “next generation of terrorists” increases because Syrian refugees see westerners as xenophobic people who backed Assad which is an argument ISIS and other terrorist organizations can use to recruit. By supporting Assad, Trump plays right into the anger of Syrians which again would increase anti-American sentiments brewing in Syrian refugee camps. Secretary Clinton policies both at home and abroad show diplomatic reasonableness and uphold the American ideology stated on the Statue of Liberty and seen throughout our history.

The fear that many people have regarding refugees must be understood and addressed in order to pass the reasonable policy of Secretary Clinton. I was less than a mile away from the

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San Bernadino terror attack when it occurred, making a simple delivery of a customer's car to a local repair shop. I pulled over to the shoulder and waited for over twenty minutes to let the

massive amount of police, fire, and even armored trucks go buy. A quick look at my news feed showed a major shooting and possible attack. I like many, was afraid. I understand this fear but also understand that this fear should not be pinned on refugees because of Mr. Trump's rhetoric and false analogy. This fear can not be confused with the refugee crisis. The attacks that have occurred that invoke fear in many are home grown terror attacks, not refugee attacks. In the introduction to Richard Hughbank's novel The Dynamics of Terror: And Creation of Homegrown Terrorists, the introduction delves into the biological and sociological forces that are radicalizing American citizens to commit terrorist attacks in the name extremist groups such as ISIS (Hughbank 19). The next part of the introduction shows that recent terror attacks in the United States have been committed wholly by home grown terrorists, and that the focus on this phenomenon is essential to stopping these attacks (Hughbank 22). This was written before the Pulse Nightclub shooting that exemplifies everything Hughbank's writes, with a homegrown terrorist devastating a community. Hughbanks furthers Tharoor's point that placing the blame on refugees is based on a false analogy. This fear is real, understandable, and must be addressed, but blaming properly vetted refugees is not only incorrect, but dangerous, as it diverts political resources that should be focused on stopping home grown terrorists (Hughbank 27). Secretary Clinton's policy on refugees takes a reasonable approach to this fear, maintaining the rigorous vetting process and addressing the false analogies made by the opposition. She even puts forward reasonable gun reform to help ease the fear of home grown terrorists getting assault weapons. Secretary Clinton's policy expresses the same ideals as Harry Truman, that “America was not built on fear.” We cannot allow the opposition's policy to be based on misplaced fear and xenophobia.

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Another major issue is the funding of safe zones and how the United States should aid Turkish and German efforts in housing these eleven million displaced people safely. For perspective, eleven million people would fill every seat in every professional sports stadium in the entire country, and then have one million left over (Jacobson). Secretary of Clinton's policy goal of accepting 65,000 refugees is a very small amount of aid needed for the displaced Syrian's. The fact is simple, there is no panacea to these issues and we are not going to be able to provide significant assistance to the eleven million refugees that are displaced, but the least we can do is provide a safe haven for those battle worn men, women, and children that pass the vetting process. As said above Turkey and Germany have spent upwards of eight million on safe zone camps for refugees. Not only did they allow refugees into their country, but they are spending an enormous amount to help these people recover from a brutal war (Grey). One candidate, Mr. Trump, will not allow refugees into the United States and will not fund these camps that are keeping men, women, and children alive(Grey). This is not the United States that I know, and it certainly is not the United States history has seen. Secretary Clinton will not only provide modest aid by allowing refugees into the United States, but will fund safe zones and enforce no fly zones as stated in the third presidential debate. Other countries are stepping up to provide humanitarian aid to the people affected by this horrific crisis, even upsetting their own people at the money being spent for non citizens (Grey). Its high time the United States steps forward and does its part.

Hillary Clinton's policy while upholding longstanding American ideology, is not based solely on this ideology. It is based on fact, not fear. She will uphold the stringent vetting process, and allow aid to the desperate people torn by this rebellion. Her opponent, Mr. Trump, bases his policy on fear, xenophobia, and no fact. His choice to not allow any