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How not helping people brings extreme right into power. Or their polities are used to solve crises

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Syrians have been begging Europe for help since the start of Syria's war ten years ago. But Europeans have done little and now are using increasingly aggressive methods to convince refugees not to come to Europe. Not helping people brings the worse out of people during crises. USA Of course, President Trump is sneered at, always an easy target. This article suggests that under another president the USA may treat the Syrian war differently while President Obama proved this may not be. Indeed, President Obama should have acted against Assad after he warned him against using again chemical weapons to kill his own people, something forbidden by international law. But I understand why he didn't act as no European country wanted to help. If we had done something Russia may never have been involved and the situation less severe. President Trump acted twice, in April 2017 and again in April 2018 together with France and the UK, after more chemical attacks by Assad. These w...