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ISIS must be defeated and, to the extent that this is feasible, destroyed. \u00a0But we mustn\u2019t forget its victims.<\/p>\n
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Some insist that we shouldn\u2019t aid refugees here in the West, but that, instead, we should help them in their homelands. \u00a0Well, here\u2019s a chance to do just that. \u00a0I trust that such critics will step up to the plate and advocate aid to the internally displaced minorities in Iraq and Syria with the same energy that they devote to opposing the admission of refugees to the United States.<\/p>\n
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I cheerfully agree\u00a0that, both for us and for the refugees, helping them where they live (or near to it) would be preferable. \u00a0It\u2019s not always possible, though. \u00a0But sometimes it is, and it seems that we\u2019re not doing a very good job of it.<\/p>\n
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