How to Resolve the Syrian Refugee Crisis?

Claim: How to solve the world’s refugee crisis.

Evidence: Syrian refugees are among those making the perilous trip across the Mediterranean to Europe. The journey is especially dangerous from lawless Libya, where smugglers are transporting refugees on rickety boats. Many of the refugees are Eritreans fleeing repression by their government. (Recently, three Eritreans, pressured by Israel to leave the country under a policy to expel “infiltrators,” were reportedly beheaded by ISIL in Libya.) This year alone, more than 1,800 people have drowned trying to cross the Mediterranean.

Explanation: There is no real consensus on how to resolve the Syrian conflict, but there is one regarding the urgent need to. It has become an imperative to stop the fanatical jihadis in their tracks before they become an unstoppable global menace. The divergence of opinions on how to best go about this unfortunately has less to do with pragmatism or the political and military realities of the conflict, and instead reflects the specific interests of those who hold them. While the world argues and procrastinates, a terrifying threat is slowly emerging from the chaos of Syria’s civil war: transnational jihadist terrorism. The premise is very simple. In order to end that threat, a workable resolution to its cause must be found.