I think it's often understated how massive the impact of the "migrant" crisis has been on international politics over the last 3 years. It's actually still ongoing, but here in Europe it has been accepted as the new normal so we rarely hear about it anymore. It's safe to say the arab spring movement has ultimately caused massive problems for the EU and has only succeeded in destabilizing the region even further. So I'd like to offer a big thanks to the USA for their failed experiments in machiavellian intervention where traditional military intervention was required.

I find it upsetting because I want these refugees and migrants to be able to prosper in their own lands. There's nothing particularly dignified about being forced to leave your homeland because it has turned into such a hellhole. Western nations should at least try to help by providing them a stable nation to rebuild. Instead we're letting them uproot themselves so we can accept them as a semi-permanent underclass where they can be exploited endlessly by criminals of both a conventional and corporate nature.

These politically minded people who stand by the refugees welcome mantra no matter what are incapable of understanding that blindly supporting their cause is making everyone miserable, usually including the people they think they're helping.