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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/boy-asks-obama-host-omran-daqneesh

A 6-year-old boy from New York is inspiring a lot happy tears this week after he wrote a heartwarming letter to President Barack Obama, asking him to bring a Syrian boy to his house so that boy could become a part of his family.

The letter writer, Alex, was referring specifically about Omran Daqneesh, the Syrian boy whose image went viral last month after he was pulled out from rubble in the city of Aleppo following an air strike.

Alex asked Obama to bring Daqneesh to his home in Scarsdale, New York so that he can be the boy's brother.....

 

[sphagnum]

Clearly this kid doesn't understand the threat posed by skittles.

 

[MrSaturn99]

Aww.

 

[Caelus]

Damn, a Scarsdale house? That'd be such a treat. Love this.

 

[Puck Beaverton]

A nice reminder that we still have people with empathy in this country.

 

[Dreez]

Damn onions.... 😢

 

[fallengorn]

Clearly this kid doesn't understand the threat posed by skittles.

He's a national security risk, trying to invite the kid in. Catapult him over the wall.

 

[Jeels]

Something is going on.

 

[jon bones]

god damn dusty as hell in the office today

 

[Pai Pai Master]

Yeah I fucking bawled my eyes out when Obama was talking about this. Just the way it's stated so plainly. "He will be our brother."

If only we could all show such compassion. There are people voting to let these kids stay in Syria and die and I can't handle it.

 

[Viewt]

That's a really endearing kid, and a wonderful sentiment.

My brother-in-law was actually trying to figure out a way to adopt two Syrian children a few weeks ago, but apparently Christians can't legally adopt Syrian Muslims (this was what I was told, anyway).

 

[slider]

From the mouths of babes. Awesome kid. So touching.

My wife's hormones are all over the place with pregnancy. On reading the original story she had a tear (or two) in her eye. My little boy asked her what was wrong and when she explained in the broadest terms he said "don't worry mummy, the ambulance man will come and make him happy again". I wish it were that simple.

 

[Skiptastic]

A nice reminder that we still have people with empathy in this country.

Indeed.

 

[Jhoan]

That first paragraph

 

[Hazmat]

Well, I didn't expect a GAF thread to wreck me before lunch, but here we are.

 

[FrontalMonk]

I can't handle this many feels while I'm at work. God damn. The world needs more people like Alex.

 

[dorikyasu]

The feels...
Major props to the boy's parents for raising him right.
And how come Obama is the only one who can inspire people like this? I can't imagine Hillary or (lol) Trump reading the same letter and get you moved in same way.

 

[Crimson_Gold]

I can't handle this many feels while I'm at work. God damn. The world needs more people like Alex.

Alex hasn't had his gameboy stolen yet, give him time to learn how to hate.

I kid. This is good

 

[iRAWRasaurus]

I cried.

 

[Wag]

Be careful Alex, he might be Isis.

 

[Jacobi]

Are you guys sarcastic? This is just kitschy propaganda

Kinda reminds me of the moment when Merkel made a refugee kid cry

 

[LiquidSword]

Are you guys sarcastic? This is just kitschy propaganda

Kinda reminds me of the moment when Merkel made a refugee kid cry

And this will be Republicans response as well. It couldn't possibly be a real letter Obama got that he thought would have an effect. Nope just kitschy propaganda.

 

[Jacobi]

And this will be Republicans response as well. It couldn't possibly be a real letter Obama got that he thought would have an effect. Nope just kitschy propaganda.

Kids are propaganda "weapon" Nr. 1

 

[Pai Pai Master]

Are you guys sarcastic? This is just kitschy propaganda

Kinda reminds me of the moment when Merkel made a refugee kid cry

Just propaganda, who gives a shit about little kids anyways

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

Are you guys sarcastic? This is just kitschy propaganda

Kinda reminds me of the moment when Merkel made a refugee kid cry

This is that cynicism he's talking about.

 

[djplaeskool]

Are you guys sarcastic? This is just kitschy propaganda

Kinda reminds me of the moment when Merkel made a refugee kid cry

Eh... I'll admit, it's a bit saccharine, but I think the discussion of refugees could use a shot of compassion.

 

[LiquidSword]

Kids are propaganda "weapon" Nr. 1

All part of the plan. Build empathy for refugees. Implement plan Trojan Horse. Obama declares America the next caliphate. If only we had listened and seen through the propaganda

 

[adj_noun]

Child crisis actor! False flag!

 

[The Technomancer]

There is no fucking reason I have ever been convinced of not to take in the refugees. We are talking about hundreds of thousands of people asking to be taken in by a country of over 340 million. Our population grows naturally by something like 300,000 per month.
There's no "cultural poisoning", there's no "economic drain". I lived for five years in a city with a major Somali Muslim population and it was a richer city for it.

 

[Jacobi]

All part of the plan. Build empathy for refugees. Implement plan Trojan Horse. Obama declares America the next caliphate. If only we had listened and seen through the propaganda

In Europe pretty much the majority of refugee articles had children photos which was just a lot of emotional bullshit. Thankfully they eventually stopped with that

Manipulating with children photos isn't helping anyone

 

[Pai Pai Master]

In Europe pretty much the majority of refugee articles had children photos which was just a lot of emotional bullshit. Thankfully they eventually stopped with that

Manipulating with children photos isn't helping anyone

Emotional bullshit how? Do you think there somehow aren't tens of thousands of children killed of displaced because or the war?

If someone doesn't want children to die are they being manipulated? Where's your empathy?

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Are you guys sarcastic? This is just kitschy propaganda

Kinda reminds me of the moment when Merkel made a refugee kid cry

Kids are propaganda "weapon" Nr. 1

Damn, homie..

 

[The Technomancer]

In Europe pretty much the majority of refugee articles had children photos which was just a lot of emotional bullshit. Thankfully they eventually stopped with that

Manipulating with children photos isn't helping anyone

Yeah man, don't let yourself get manipulated by the emotional bullshit of there being thousands of kids fleeing for their lives from a war torn state

 

[Jacobi]

Emotional bullshit how? Do you think there aren't hundreds or thousands of children killed or displaced because or the war?

There are a lot of other children that are hurt or hungry or sick throughout the world.

 

[Easy_D]

In Europe pretty much the majority of refugee articles had children photos which was just a lot of emotional bullshit. Thankfully they eventually stopped with that

Manipulating with children photos isn't helping anyone

Tell us how you really feel.

 

[User1608]

This is beautiful.

In Europe pretty much
the majority of refugee articles had children photos which was just a lot of emotional bullshit. Thankfully they eventually stopped with that

Manipulating with children photos isn't helping anyone

Where's you empathy?

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

There are a lot of other children that are hurt or hungry or sick throughout the world.

Oh, I see.

 

[The Technomancer]

Actually I just looked it up. The US has taken in 60,000 refugees thus far this year, so its probably safe to say we'll close out at 100k

100,000 people. That's nothing. The town I grew up in is bigger than that

 

[Pai Pai Master]

There are a lot of other children that are hurt or hungry or sick throughout the world.

Ok...? What does that have to do with the immediate danger that these children are in? Are we not allowed to strive to help children survive war?

This is the biggest human displacement crisis since the Holocaust and you're acting like this is no big deal.

 

[Indrid Cold1]

This has so blatantly been done by the kids' parents for Facebook likes or whatever social media affirmation is in vogue nowadays.

 

[capslock]

This has so blatantly been done by the kids' parents for Facebook likes or whatever social media affirmation is in vogue nowadays.

1. Get kid to write heartfelt letter to the President.

2. Put on Facebook.

3. ???

4. Profit!

 

[Jacobi]

Tell us how you really feel.

Ok...? What does that have to do with the immediate danger that these children are in? Are we not allowed to strive to help children survive war?

This is the biggest human displacement crisis since the Holocaust and you're acting like this is no big deal.

Strawman

 

[Jeels]

Actually I just looked it up. The US has taken in 60,000 refugees thus far this year, so its probably safe to say we'll close out at 100k

100,000 people. That's nothing. The town I grew up in is bigger than that

That's across the world too right, not just Syria?

 

[adamsappel]

There are a lot of other children that are hurt or hungry or sick throughout the world.

I don't think you really care about them, either.

 

[Figboy79]

This world needs more empathy and compassion like this. This kids parents are doing a fantastic job of raising their son to have empathy for other people.

 

[Boney]

In Europe pretty much the majority of refugee articles had children photos which was just a lot of emotional bullshit. Thankfully they eventually stopped with that

Manipulating with children photos isn't helping anyone

"As long as I don't have to look at it I won't have to think about it so just let them die on the streets like dogs"

 

[Jacobi]

"As long as I don't have to look at it I won't have to think about it so just let them die on the streets like dogs"

I'd answer you guys, but all you do is bringing strawmen

 

[Abounder]

Actually I just looked it up. The US has taken in 60,000 refugees thus far this year, so its probably safe to say we'll close out at 100k

100,000 people. That's nothing. The town I grew up in is bigger than that

Obama upped it 60% for next year. And when you consider only 10 countries are answering the call for this crisis then you'd realize it's something. But we would definitely take even more if not for the anti-Muslim bigotry in the country. Instead the only thing we can agree on is to bomb more countries.

 

[Hellsing321]

There are a lot of other children that are hurt or hungry or sick throughout the world.

And your point is...?

 

[The Technomancer]

That's across the world too right, not just Syria?

Yeah that's from anywhere