Open Letter To The President of the United States of
America
Re:
Resettlement of Syrian Refugees To The United States of America
Dear Mr. President:
It is reported
that “an estimated 7 million Syrians are seeking refugee status” in the United
States, and that “500 have reportedly already been allowed in”. With all due
respect, sir, this is a serious mistake political and otherwise. I urge you to please
put an immediate end to this before it is too late.
Not only is this
a serious threat to our national security at this particular point in time (I
am sure you know this better than I—you, reportedly, are briefed daily), but
also, it is a serious threat to the political stability of our democracy. As
rough and tumble as the life of our great country has been over the past many
years since its birth, never in my lifetime (and that’s a very long time) have
we, as a people, been in such a polarized and politically threatened condition.
The Ferguson incident in and of itself should be evidence enough of what I am
saying.
In addition,
given the loss of thousands of American lives in Iraq and Afghanistan, a
national debt of $18 Trillion dollars, including $3 Trillion dollars in expense
of those wars (Ref: The Three Trillion
Dollar War by Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilmes), our experience with
Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, and now ISIS (or ISIL, if you will), I, in all
honesty, believe the American people are downright sick and tire of Muslims. To
this, I am compelled to ask the question or make the statement—whichever; where
have the Muslims in this country been while all this has been going on; or, if
they’re the “good guys” while these others are the “bad guys” as you have been
saying, why have these “good guys” not joined with us in protests against these
“bad guys”?
Mr. President,
with all due respect, I believe we should secure racial and political stability
within our own country before we take on an even bigger load. On channel 4, on
my television yesterday morning, I was told that one in six in our nation today
don’t know where their next meal is coming from. We hear every day about the
growing inequality in income and wealth among us. Also, we hear about the
decrease in equal opportunity. This is not the time to “pinch the pimple” and
increase our pain within even more. Trust me; I am not an isolationist; I am
not a Republican; and, that I supported you in the last two presidential
elections notwithstanding, I am not a Democrat. I am an American. Our nation is
in dire straits, economically, politically, and spiritually. I ask that you do
everything in your power to lead us out from under the yoke and oppression of
the oligarchy of the Corporatocracy and
Power Elite that now rules over us indirectly through their lobbyists,
campaign contributions, revolving door policies, corruption, and graft—ever increasing
our poverty and stealing our democracy from us. In the final analysis, we need (as
was said by Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg) a government “of the people, by the
people, and for the people”.
Thank you,
Respectfully,
Ronald Miller
Email me at mtss86@comcast.net
Forwarded to:
President
Barack Obama
Senator
William Nelson of Florida
Representative
Ted Yoho of Florida
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