Bauschard Debate 9/25/15 5: 06 pm refugees Pre-Release
Morality – Responsibility (US)
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Morality – Responsibility (US)We have destroyed the countries + duty to show compassionKomorowski et al, September 22, 2015, The Guardian, Our duty in Central Europe is to show compassion to refugees, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/22/our-duty-in-central-europe-is-to-show-compassion-to-refugees DOA: 9-22-15 But this rift within a united Europe resurfaces today. This time it has a moral dimension. It is true, we are not accountable for the instability and collapse of refugees’ home countries. We are not the ones who have turned them into states plagued by incessant fear, where people are at risk of violent death, and where human life is brutish and short. Unlike the former colonial and imperial powers that took in large numbers of immigrants after the second world war, we have little experience of coexisting with people of different cultures, from far-off lands. Nonetheless, as human beings, we have a duty to show compassion and to provide them with assistance. This is also our duty as Europeans. The European community was founded on the principle of solidarity. Today we must not refuse to take joint responsibility for the union, nor turn a blind eye to human suffering and the situation of countries most affected by the rising tide of migration. Bronisław Komorowski President of Poland from 2010 to 2015 Aleksander Kwaśniewski President of Poland from 1995 to 2005 Danilo Türk Former president, Slovenia Jerzy Baczyński Editor-in-chief of the Polityka weekly, Poland Gordon Bajnai Former prime minister, Hungary Mirosław Bałka Sculptor, Poland Zuzana Bargerova Lawyer, Human Rights League, Slovakia Zygmunt Bauman Sociologist, University of Leeds, Poland/Great Britain Igor Blaževič Founder of One World Festival Uldis Bērziņš Poet and interpreter, Latvia Henryka Bochniarz President of Konfederacja Lewiatan, Poland Michał Boni Member of European Parliament, former minister of administration and digitalisation, Poland Marek Borowski Senator, former finance minister, vice prime minister and marshal of the Sejm, Poland Bogdan Borusewicz Marshall of the senate, Poland Martin Bútora Sociologist, adviser to the president, Slovakia Bogusław Chrabota Editor-in-chief of the Rzeczpospolita daily, Poland Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz Former prime minister, Poland Liudas Dapkus Deputy editor-in-chief of the Lietuvos rytas daily, Lithuania Aleš Debeljak Poet and essayist, Slovenia Pavol Demeš Former minister of foreign affairs, Slovakia Tibor Dessewffy President of Demos Hungary Ivaylo Ditchev Professor of social science, writer, Bulgaria Magda Faltová Director, Association for Integration and Migration, Czech Republic Zsuzsa Ferge Professor of social science, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary Władysław Frasyniuk Former dissident and member of parliament, Poland Rayna Gavrilova Historian of culture, University of Sofia, Bulgaria Rajko Grlić Director, Croatia István Gyarmati Diplomat, Hungary Tomáš Halík Theologian and writer, Czech Republic Agnes Heller Philosopher, Hungary Agnieszka Holland Director, Poland Štefan Hríb Editor-in-chief, .týždeň weekly, Slovakia Michal Hvorecký Writer, Slovakia Ivars Ījabs Political scientist, Latvia Vlasta Jalusic Funding member, former director and current senior research fellow, Peace Institute, Slovenia Josef Jařab Former senator, rector emeritus of Palacký University in Olomous, Czech Republic Leszek Jażdżewski Editor-in-chief of the Liberté! quarterly, Poland Jerzy Jedlicki Historian of ideas, former dissident, Poland Jana Juráňová Writer, Slovakia Aleksander Kaczorowski Journalist and essayist, Poland Éva Karádi Editor-in chief of the Magyar Lettre Internationale quarterly, Hungary Dávid Korányi Former undersecretary of state, deputy director of the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, Hungary/United States János Kornai Professor emeritus, Harvard University and Corvinus, University of Budapest, Hungary András Kováts Director, Menedék – Hungarian Association for Migrants Dominika Kozłowska Editor-in-chief of the Znak monthly, Poland Ivan Krastev Chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies, Bulgaria Marcin Król Historian of ideas, University of Warsaw, Poland Andrius Kubilius Former prime minister, Lithuania Jarosław Kuisz Editor-in-chief of the Kultura Liberalna internet weekly, Poland Ewa Kulik-Bielińska Director of the Stefan Batory Foundation, chairman of the European Foundation Centre Miroslav Kusý Political scientist, former dissident, Slovakia Tomasz Lis Editor-in-chief of the Newsweek Polska weekly, Poland Ondřej Liška Former minister of education, chairman of the Green party, Czech Republic Ewa Łętowska Former ombudsman, Poland Vita Matiss Political analyst, essayist, Latvia Jiří Menzel Director, Czech Republic Adam Michnik Editor-in-chief of the Gazeta Wyborcza daily, Poland Piotr Mucharski Editor-in-chief of the Tygodnik Powszechny weekly, Poland Alina Mungiu-Pippidi Chairwoman of the European Research Centre for Anti-Corruption and State Building Research, Romania Alvydas Nikžentaitis President of Lithuanian National Historians Committee Jan Němec Writer, chairman of Czech Writers Association Zbigniew Nosowski Editor-in-chief of the Więź monthly, Poland Janina Ochojska President of Polish Humanitarian Action Andrzej Olechowski Former finance minister and minister of foreign affairs, Poland Jurica Pavičić Writer, Croatia Márta Pardavi Co-chair, Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Hungary Solomon Passy Former minister of foreign affairs, Bulgaria Jiří Pehe Political scientist and writer, Czech Republic Dimitrina Petrova Executive director Equal Rights Trust, Bulgaria Petr Pithart Former prime minister, Czech Republic Adam Pomorski President of the Polish PEN Club Wojciech Przybylski Editor-in-chief Respublica Nowa and Eurozine, Austria/Poland Zoran Pusić President of Civic Committee for Human Rights, Croatia László Rajk Jr Architect, designer and political activist, Hungary Rein Raud Author and cultural theorist, Estonia Pauls Raudseps Journalist, Diena daily, Latvia Adam Daniel Rotfeld Former minister of foreign affairs, Poland Martin Rozumek Director, Organisation for Aid to Refugees, Czech Republic Peter Salner Ethnologist, Slovakia Andrzej Seweryn Theatre actor and director, Poland Sławomir Sierakowski Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies, Poland Martin Milan Šimečka Writer, journalist, Slovakia/Czech Republic Marta Šimečková Journalist, interpreter, Slovakia Karel Schwarzenberg Former minister of foreign affairs, Czech Republic Aleksander Smolar Chairman of the Stefan Batory Foundation, Poland Ladislav Snopko Playwright, former minister of culture, Slovakia Jan Sokol Philosopher, former dissident, Czech Republic Andrzej Stasiuk Writer, Poland Petruška Šustrová Former dissident, Czech Republic Jerzy Szacki Sociologist, University of Warsaw, Poland Małgorzata Szczęśniak Set designer, Poland Monika Sznajderman Editor, Wydawnictwo Czarne, Poland Soňa Szomolányi Political scientist and sociologist, Slovakia Erik Tabery Editor-in-chief of the Respekt weekly, Czech Republic Béla Tarr Director, Hungary Stefan Tafrov Diplomat, human rights activist, Bulgaria Vesna Teršelič Director, Documenta – Center for Dealing with the Past, Croatia Róża von Thun und Hohenstein Member of European Parliament, Poland Dubravka Ugrešić Poet and essayist, Croatia Rimvydas Valatka Journalist, former member of parliament, Lithuania Magdaléna Vášáryová Member of parliament, Slovakia Tomas Venclova Poet, Lithuania Krzysztof Warlikowski Theatre director, Poland Jakub Wygnański Chairman of the board, Unit for Social Innovation and Research – Shipyard, Poland Adam Zagajewski Poet and essayist, University of Chicago, Poland/United States Péter Zilahy Writer, Hungary Andrzej Zoll Former president of the Constitutional Tribunal, Poland US responsible for the refugee crisis -- the war in Iraq triggered itSteve Hilton is co-founder and chief executive of Crowdpac and former senior adviser to the British prime minister, New York Times, September 10, 2015, Who’s Responsible for the Refugees? http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/11/opinion/whos-responsible-for-the-refugees.html DOA: 9-10-15 And here’s the second simple truth. While we can argue forever about the causes of conflict in the Middle East, it is impossible to ignore the impact of American foreign policy on what’s happening in Europe. It was shocking to see an “expert” from the Council on Foreign Relations quoted on Saturday saying that the situation is “largely Europe’s responsibility.” How, exactly? The Iraq invasion (which could reasonably be described as “largely America’s responsibility”) unleashed a period of instability and competition in the region that is collapsing states and fueling sectarian conflict. US responsible -- failure to intervene in the Syrian civil war is caused the crisisSteve Hilton is co-founder and chief executive of Crowdpac and former senior adviser to the British prime minister, New York Times, September 10, 2015, Who’s Responsible for the Refugees? http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/11/opinion/whos-responsible-for-the-refugees.html DOA: 9-10-15 European leaders wanted, years ago, to intervene directly in Syria in order to check President Bashar al-Assad’s cruelty; the United States didn’t. You can understand why — I wouldn’t for one second question the judgment of American political leaders that their country was reluctant to participate in another military conflict. But at least acknowledge the consequences of nonintervention: the protracted Syrian civil war, the emergence of a lawless territory ripe for exploitation by the sick zealots of the Islamic State, and the resulting flood of millions of displaced people. Obama miscalculated on SyriaNicholas Kristof, September 10, 2015, New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/opinion/nicholas-kristof-compassion-for-refugees-isnt-enough.html?_r=0 9-22-15 Yet as long as we’re talking about Syrian dysfunction, let’s also note European and American dysfunction. The Obama administration has repeatedly miscalculated on Syria and underestimated the problem, even as the crisis has steadily worsened. And some leading Republicans want to send in troops to confront the Islamic State (think Iraq redux). 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