The United States has been known for helping out foreign countries in a time of need, starting back to the first World War. But when it comes to war should we rethink the idea of helping out a country or go in with no hesitations. For when doing so there maybe repercussions for our acts, and worry more towards the protection of our own people before strategizing a plan to save other countries people. A question our government should ask themselves about foreign affairs is what US should get involved in and what they should leave up to the United Nations or other countries to intervene with.

The threats we receive from terrorist attacks should be our governments top concern , countries that are helping out the issue in Syria and bringing in some of the people of Syria are being hit by terrorist attacks. The US has been involved with many problems due to terrorists. People fear that their lives may be at risk, if The US is aware of the risks they put on there own people should they still get involved or let others step in and US just give help.

Elected president Donald Trump has implanted his ideas of Syrian refugees and decided to take our men out or there and close off the gates for letting these Syrians in. Saying that there are already many other countries getting involved with this crisis who have a strong handle on the situation. Also by getting involved we’d open up the doors to much bigger problems such as dealing with Russia. Which Trump goes on to say in The New York Times, “We end up fighting Russia, fighting Syria.” Now by doing so not only are we letting in refugees that we clearly have no idea who we are but also would be going to war with another country just because of our beliefs on society and how these Syrians should be treated.  All that has happen by getting involved with these Syrian refugees should convince the government that the people of America need to be safe and let others intervene and stay out of this disaster. 

Since 9/11 there has been a significant amount of refugees that the US has let in. In an article By Russell Berman in the Atlantic, he asks the question of can isis ruin the refugee program, through out the article he claims that “And within that population, three people have been arrested for activities related to terrorism. None of them were close to executing an attack inside the U.S., and two of the men were caught trying to leave the country to join terrorist groups overseas.” Even though those do not seem like giant numbers you have to look at it in a different perspective that if they were caught doing a terrorist acts there are many more of them out there who may not have been caught. As well as we don’t have a perfect government as does no one else which leads to asking that there are many more groups of people creating an ideas of terroristic attacks who have yet to been caught, even though we may not find them the only way to prevent future attacks is by not letting in future refugees.

A giant problem that countries letting in refugees have to figure out is the fake passports for allowing these Syrians into the countries. After the bombing in Paris the French had found a the passports of the bombers and they had no information of this man ever being allowed into the country. “The fingerprint was not in the French database, the senator said, and therefore officials believe the man was among a group of refugees and migrants.” France could have prevented this tragic accident from happening, the US should learn from there mistakes and realize many people in France who very hurt by this attack. Protect there people and do whatever it needs to ensure the safety of the people and one way to ensure that is by cutting off the borders to these refugees.

Work Cited

Miller, Jake. CBS “How do Americans feel about U.S. involvement in foreign crises?” Sep 14, 2014. Oct 30,2016. Web                                                   http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-do-americans-feel-about-u-s-involvement-in-foreign-crises/

Sanger, David. The New York Times “Donald Trump Likely to End Aid for The Rebels Fighting Syrian Government.”  Nov. 18 2015. Nov 19 2016. Web                                                   http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/world/middleeast/donald-trump-syria.html

Berman, Russell. The Atlantic “Can ISIS Terrorists Really Infiltrate The Syrian Refugee Program?” Nov 18 2015. Nov 20 2016. Web.   http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/11/can-terrorists-really-infiltrate-the-syrian-refugee-program/416475/

Amanpour, Christiane. CNN. ” Passport Linked to Terrorist Complicates Syrian Refugee Crisis” Nov 15 2015. Nov 20 2016. Web                                                                                               http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/15/europe/paris-attacks-passports/