Thought: Syria is like New Orleans after Katrina. They WANT all the poor sand people to leave.

[grahamhgreen]

When there's blood in the streets, buy real estate, they say.

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. Who is the 'they' in your post? (nt)

[leveymg]

2. KSA and the GCC spend a fortune supporting ISIS/AQ

It's pretty clear they want the Shi'ia to leave this planet.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. The majority of Syria's population was Sunni, though

http://www.vox.com/2015/9/4/9261971/syria-refugee-war

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Syria

The poor people, mentioned in the OP, are more likely to be Sunni than Shi'ia; Assad is from the Alawite sect of Shi'ia, which has more power than its numbers would suggest.

Whether refugees are more from any group than the national average, I don't know.

[leveymg]

8. Most of the Shi'ia who have fled go to South Lebanon and Iran.

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The number is roughly equivalent to the size of the Syrian population, but they are barely mentioned in the media.

[Fred Sanders]

3. Aren't there also "poor sand people" in Arizona and Nevada? Think.

[LuvNewcastle]

5. They're all "poor Sand People", aren't they?

With the exception of a few.

[jberryhill]

9. "Some, I'm sure, are good people"

[oberliner]

6. Not even remotely

No similarity whatsoever.

[jberryhill]

7. Sand people?

Does that term also apply to people who live in Nevada, Arizona or New Mexico?

If not, why not?

[Fla_Democrat]

10. The accepted term is....

Tusken Raider.



"sand people" is derogatory.

[NuclearDem]

13. Damn easily-startled Bantha jockeys!

[romanic]

11. I don't see the comparision at all.

[NuclearDem]

12. The fuck?