My Rant On Immigration

Out of all the immigrants that have come to this country over the last 40 years, I think I have to respect the Vietnamese people the most. Their kids learned English, excelled in our schools and most have done well as Americans. Many have started their own businesses and their communities support them. Second to them are the Hispanic legal immigrants. They came here for jobs and most are very hard working people. For the most part, they made the effort to assimilate and become good citizens. The problem is that illegals followed who only wanted what they could take away from America. They don't try to assimilate, they don't want to learn English, and many of them are a drain on our schools and hospitals that taxpayers provide while most of them don't pay any taxes because their ID's are fake. (kinda like Obama's).

Most of us deal with Middle Eastern and immigrants from India on a daily basis. Go into any corner market or motel and you will be dealing with people from those parts of the world. Up until recently, my experience with them has been positive. They speak English, they are polite and friendly. I used to work with a bunch of Iranians and they were a great bunch of guys. But I'm not so sure about the "refugees" coming in from the middle east now. The fact that they demand we change to suit them instead of the other way around flies in the face of how it's always been in this country. Sure we have a history of taking in immigrants. But these immigrants always were happy and proud to become Americans and learn our language and adopt our customs. The Middle Easterners who are immigrants now were a few months ago on the streets of their countries chanting, "Death to America" and referring to us as "The Great Satan".

They have as their benefactors you liberals who welcome them now with open arms. And yes, we are all aware that you don't do this because you have this great heart and compassion for them. You only want to make them beholding to you so they will vote your way in the next election. To me, it seems you are selling out your own country simply to stay in power. That is treason pure and simple. When you open the door to our sworn enemies, what else can you call it? If this trend is allowed to continue, you will come to regret it one day. All you have to do is look at the history of what's gone on in the middle east. Every time the U.S. has stupidly supplied weapons and training to any segment of the population there, those weapons have always, sooner or later, been turned against us. I mean, how naive do you have to be to think the same thing won't happen here? You think they will respect "the goodness of your hearts" for letting them come here? They don't respect that. They see it as a weakness and will exploit it to the max.

Now even though we have a history of welcoming immigrants, there has to be a tipping point where we close the door or we will be swamped with masses we can't handle. We're pretty near that point now. Maybe you want to see the U.S. become another China or India with over a billion people with the biggest majority living in dire poverty. But it's not how I want to see the future of this nation unfold. We've been getting away with naivety for way too long now. It's time to take the blinders off and take a good look at the real world. For the most part, the rest of the world hates us. Do you really think we can survive being outnumbered by haters for very long, especially if we keep inviting them in on purpose?

I know you envision a kumbaya world where everyone loves everyone else and we can all just get along. Reality is a harsh teacher. As a Christian, I want a world where we all love God and each other as well. I am told to love my enemies and pray for them. I do. But I am not told to invite them into my neighborhood and hope they don't slit my throat during the night while I'm sleeping. If you're naive enough to think that scenario can't happen, think again. I recently watched a video where a Lebanese girl who was a Christian growing up in a Muslim country made the mistake of thinking all her Muslim friends wouldn't turn on her either. But she was wrong. When the radical Muslims came to Lebanon and started uprisings, even her own childhood friends and trusted neighbors turned against her and her family. Her house was bombed and her mother was killed. She and her father survived in the ruins of their city for months hiding from their former friends and neighbors who now wanted to kill them just because they were Christians. The only reason this girl survived was because the Israeli Jews came to their rescue and brought them out of Lebanon and into Israel. If we keep being foolish enough to allow these people into our country, we could wake up to the same kind of scenario one day. And if you don't think that could happen here, just take a long hard look at how it's going so far in Europe.

It may already be too late to save our country from the destructive forces that some of us have invited in. I hope and pray it's not. And I know my stand on immigration some of you find disconcerting or isolationistic. You can think whatever you like. Be happy that's still true. But don't think for even a minute that my feelings on this topic are racially motivated. I have never been a racist. In the Army, we were taught to see only one color and that was green. I have never not associated with someone because of their skin color or nationality. Those things are trivial to me. And as much as I wish we lived in a perfect world where we could deal with everyone with open arms, it's just not the case. The sooner all of us wake up to that fact, the safer our children and grandchildren will be.