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Baldwin letter: Refugees

So, a rally in the interest of Middle Eastern refugees was held in Boise on Saturday, Nov. 21.

That’s nice, these people deserve all the concern and caring possible. At the same time, do these interested involved in this rally know why we have refugee problems?

If our so-called national leader, Obama, had acted responsibly and left our troops in Iraq, it would not have become possible for ISIS, the terror group causing the problem, to become a reality and thus drive these refugees from their homeland and being threatened with cruelty and murder that we have seen go on.

These refugees have a home. It needs to be given back to them by the forces of our world leaders. ISIS needs to be completely destroyed; they have no place in our world.

Donald E. Baldwin, Boise

This story was originally published December 1, 2015 at 10:11 PM with the headline "Baldwin letter: Refugees."

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