Whoops. Forgot about them.
About 2 million Iraqis are displaced inside Iraq, and an estimated 2.2 million more have fled to Syria, Jordan and other neighboring countries, where they are straining local resources and threatening to destabilize host communities, the United Nations has reported. With 60,000 Iraqis fleeing their homes each month, Jordan largely closed its borders to Iraqis earlier this year, and Syria said yesterday that it will begin requiring visas for Iraqis at the conclusion of Ramadan next month, essentially closing off exit routes from the country.
But I suppose you can’t blame the Bush administration. I mean, who could have possibly foreseen that when you invade someone’s country, kill tens of thousands of innocent civilians, destroy the entire infrastructure, level cities, and put everyone’s lives at risk, a lot of people are going to want to leave?
Since we invaded in Iraq in 2003, we’ve admitted a grand total of 1,521 Iraqi refugees. Of 60,000 fleeing their homes every month, and millions already displaced. But, yeah, we should really start throwing money at the “surge,” and maybe a border fence if we get bored.