Hillary Clinton: Syrian Refugee Crisis Is a 'Global Crisis'

Hillary Clinton: Syrian Refugee Crisis Is a 'Global Crisis'

 

 

When asked by MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell, previous Secretary of State Hillary Clinton informed that the USA should help to resolve the Syrian refugee crisis, but carefully added that a greater global reaction was required to resolve the issue.

Mitchell further asked Clinton, whether the U.S. should raise its proportion for Syrian refugees.

Clinton replied that "We should bear our share, as should the Europeans too; but this is a wider, global emergency,"  "We now have more refugees than we've had in many years -- I think, since the Second World War."

The Syrian crisis has displaced more than 4.1 million Syrians, and the U.S. has announced that it will accept 8,000 refugees in 2016.

Calling the crisis "heart-breaking," Clinton said that the issue was one that "the entire world now sees doesn't just affect the Syrian people; it upsets all of us. That's what I've been saying for years."

Clinton also said she supported doing more to arm moderate Syrian rebels early on in their fight against Syrian President Bashar Assad, a position that President Barack Obama disagreed with. Asked whether Obama's foreign policy caused the crisis, Clinton said that "the world's policies" were responsible.

 

Courtesy: Sam Levine, The Huffington Post