Accepting these men, women, and families is one way we honor and pay our debt on the world stage to those who stood alongside us and did their part for the mission at hand. Our moral center as a nation is as much in need of recognition as is the one that resides within each person.
It is then from that perspective that I am truly heartened that Afghan refugees have started to arrive at Wisconsin’s Fort McCoy for temporary housing. (I am a WI resident.) Being loyal is not only how we should act one to another, but also how nations must operate, too.
Over the past few days, the American brand name has been tarnished with leaders and commentators around the globe taking a kick at our process of withdrawal playing out in Afghanistan. Some of it is surely earned.
But we can now showcase the thing about our nation that has always loomed large. Folks from every land wishes to come to our shores and breathe the air of freedom. The people now who aspire to call this place home are most deserving of being accepted. They have earned it.
To the Afghan refugees, I say Welcome to America. To Wisconsin, To your new home. I hope to meet some of them, have a chance to talk and learn more about their lives.
Accepting these men, women, and families is one way we honor and pay our debt on the world stage to those who stood alongside us and did their part for the mission at hand. Our moral center as a nation is as much in need of recognition as is the one that resides within each person.
It is then from that perspective that I am truly heartened that Afghan refugees have started to arrive at Wisconsin’s Fort McCoy for temporary housing. (I am a WI resident.) Being loyal is not only how we should act one to another, but also how nations must operate, too.
Over the past few days, the American brand name has been tarnished with leaders and commentators around the globe taking a kick at our process of withdrawal playing out in Afghanistan. Some of it is surely earned.
But we can now showcase the thing about our nation that has always loomed large. Folks from every land wishes to come to our shores and breathe the air of freedom. The people now who aspire to call this place home are most deserving of being accepted. They have earned it.
To the Afghan refugees, I say Welcome to America. To Wisconsin, To your new home. I hope to meet some of them, have a chance to talk and learn more about their lives.