Guest MINDSETTER ™Bobby Kells, Jr: Time to Get Real About Refugees

Guest MINDSETTER ™Bobby Kells, Jr: Time to Get Real About Refugees

If the majority of United States citizens want to let Syrian refugees into the United States, then you have to be prepared, to accept responsibility for the consequences of your kindness. Think about that for a second.  If we want to let Syrian refugees into the United States, then you have to be prepared to accept responsibility for the consequences of your kindness. 

By doing this, we are essentially saying that the greater good is letting in ten thousand refugees into our country from Syria. Many of them, over half, are military aged males. What does that mean? To you, maybe nothing. To me, it means everything. If five out of ten thousand commits an act of terrorism based on the extremist views of the Muslim religion, are you ok with that? Do the ends justify the means? Are fifty or one hundred or one hundred fifty innocent Americans, living their lives in peace, worth dying for the price of nine thousand nine hundred ninety five people coming here to live peacefully? This is as real as it gets. There are no do overs. Once it's done, it's done, and the clock is ticking. 

The vetting process is a joke. Remember the Tom Cruise movie, Minority Report? Well, this isn't that/ We do not have the technology nor the means to determine the intent before they commit the actus malus. We can't tell the future. 

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So how can someone, with evil intent in their heart, having never before had any contact, which would put him or her on a radar screen get flagged, and not let in. The simple answer is, they would get in. The man and woman in San Bernadino were here legally. No red flags raised. Yet, they managed buy weapons here and in doing so killed fourteen people and wounded twenty two. Two people, killed or wounded, eighteen people a piece before they were killed themselves. That's just two people. Imagine what five or ten or twenty or one hundred could do. In Paris, eight terrorists killed or wounded four hundred ninety eight people. Eight Muslim extremists killed or wounded 62.5 people each. Will you take that risk? 

Is Trump Really a Fool?

Is Donald Trump a fool, for even suggesting the idea that we temporarily halt people coming into the United States from Islamic countries, until we have a full proof system to properly vet people coming into our country? Or, do you think he is a Neanderthal for even suggesting it. The majority of 9-11 hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, Egypt and UAE. These are all friendly nations to the United States. So, if the people who knocked down the towers came from countries allied to the United States, who else is getting in and where are they coming from? 

Now, here's the kicker. Ready for this? There are people, men, women, children, entire villages of people who have literally put their lives on the line and helped Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan, who deserve to be here but aren't. People who have risked their lives for Americans. One story that comes to mind is that of a man named Mohammed Gulab. Mohammed Gulab is the only reason former Navy SEAL Marcus Lutrell is still alive. He granted Marcus Pakhtunwali. Pakhtunwali is a non-written ethical code and traditional lifestyle which the indigenous Pashtun people follow. It is a system of law and governance that began during prehistoric times and is preserved and still in use today. By him doing this for Lutrell, he basically gave him immunity. Today there is a price on Mohammed Gulabs head by the Taliban for helping Marcus Lutrell. Although he has visited the U.S., he cannot stay legally. Yet, we are about to let in ten thousand people and we have no idea who the hell they are or where they come from. So ask yourself citizen. 

Are you willing to accept this risk? Are you willing to lose your child or relative for the sake of the greater human good in your world. Will you die for them? Will you sacrifice your son or daughter for them? If the answer is no, you are a hypocrite. That means by your beliefs, you are willing to sacrifice my family and friends for the sake of others but not yours. Is what Donald Trump saying such an insult to your senses that you are willing to put the lives of your fellow Americans at risk or is what he saying make sense but you are afraid to admit it and disagree for politically correct reasons. It's time to get real.

Guest MINDSETTER Kells Jr. served 5 years in the United States Marine Corps as a field radio operator with 3rd. Battalion 6th Marine Regiment 2nd Marine Division from 1987-1991. While in the Marine Corps he participated in Operation Just Cause in Panama in 1989-1990 and Operation Desert Shield / Storm in 1991. In 1992 he joined Headquarters & Service Company 25th Marine Regiment in Worcester MA. After one year in the Marine reserves he joined the Rhode Island Army National Guard in 1993 where he served as a Radio Operator until 2002. He then became a UH-60 Helicopter mechanic and was assigned as a crew chief with Aco. 1/126th AVN. In 2003 he volunteered to deploy with the 119th MP company for Operation Iraqi Freedom 1.

While in Iraq he served in Fallujah, Habbineah, El Khalidiya, Baghdad. He deployed to the California border and worked with the California Army National Guard and Customs Border Patrol for Operation Jump Start from Jan 2007 - March 2008. In 2011 he deployed to Shindand Afghanistan where he was a UH- 60 MEDEVAC helicopter crew chief where he participated in several missions evacuating American & Italian soldiers as well as Afghan soldiers and civilians. He retired from the RI Army National Guard in June 2013 completing 26 years of service.

He is the recipient of the Army Commendation Medal with "V" for Valor device for operations in El Khalidiya Iraq on 5 June 2003. He is also the recipient of the Army Combat Action Badge, several army achievement medals, several Good conduct medals, the Marine Corps combat action ribbon for action in both in Panama and Desert Storm as well as other Marine Corps Good Conduct medal as well as others. He is a retired Providence Police officer and is currently the CEO of S&P International Stone LLC and is a Special Projects Coordinator for BENRUS .