The world faced some tragic and disturbing images Sunday as a ship from Libya carrying 950 people sank in the Mediterranean Sea. That horror closely followed the release of a new ISIS video purporting to show the beheading of 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya.
It wasn’t long before people started pointing fingers. Sally Kohn, for example, placed the blame on harsh migration policies, while New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio urged the European Union to get serious about tackling the problem.
Sending prayers — and hope that nations realize harsh migration policies don't kill dreams, but do kill people!
— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) April 19, 2015
Drowning deaths off Libya are a man-made tragedy. EU must get serious about tackling the problem at the root and caring for those at home.
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) April 20, 2015
It was a man made tragedy when you murdered that groundhog too @BilldeBlasio
— tyler stevens (@UnkleFabio) April 20, 2015
@BilldeBlasio Has your Twitter been hacked? I'm confused by this.
— 70BABE (@theresaavila70) April 20, 2015
@BilldeBlasio Maybe Mayor Bill de Blasio should invite those poor African migrants to sail across the Atlantic in rafts to land in New York?
— defense advisers (@defenseadvisers) April 20, 2015
.@BilldeBlasio I propose Martha's Vineyard as the new immigrant processing gateway center.https://t.co/2xeeAiKLnv
— Langhorne (@_Langhorne) April 20, 2015
@_Langhorne @BilldeBlasio you can't. Isn't that where Bill and Hillary vacation? Or is that Nantucket? I keep forgetting which. ?
— ?OMG? (@jodyph1) April 20, 2015
If you show your support by adopting 300 of them in your mansion, I will show mine by gazing lovingly at photographs of you .@BilldeBlasio
— kilgore trout was in the loop (@KT_So_It_Goes) April 20, 2015
https://twitter.com/jhornburg01/status/590263017746649088
https://twitter.com/EMaxever/status/590258250492157953
@BilldeBlasio are you serious? Worry about all 5 boroughs of NYC, first, second and third. #DoYourDayJob
— Johnny F. Haha (@BigDaddyH3FF) April 20, 2015
@Newton_Arsenal @BilldeBlasio Bill apparently fix everything in his domain and is considering expanding the realm.
— Stiles Bitchley ✫✫ (@WeWhoDieSaluteU) April 20, 2015
https://twitter.com/thewholetroof/status/590271854264352768
Breitbart’s Ben Shapiro isn’t above placing blame himself, although he makes a strong case that the contributions of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton helped make Libya the mess it is today.
Migrants drowning in mass numbers in the Mediterranean is largely attributable to Hillary Clinton's Libya policy http://t.co/yW1mh5pVP9
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 20, 2015
@benshapiro only among conservatives. Most libs/Dems/progs do not/will not make the connection. And the Stupid won't even be aware.
— BDJinCO (@DissidentBiker) April 20, 2015
Shapiro writes:
The problem of migration from Libya springs from the chaos that has filled that country in the wake of the US-led Western invasion of the country – a policy championed first and foremost by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Clinton pushed regime change in Libya, and pushed it hard.
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After Qaddafi’s ouster, the country has turned into a haven for terrorists, from Al Qaeda to ISIS. Instead of facing up to Western responsibility for the chaos in Libya, however, the Obama administration has instead joined the chorus of Western leaders critiquing European immigration policy.
@benshapiro the same applies to the Christians being murdered on the shores of Libya. #WhyImNotVotingForHillary
— Jackie Covfefe & ICE ICE, Baby ☕️ (@jackieaus) April 20, 2015
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