The 150,000 Jews who were forced out of Iraq in 1948 - the Jewish community in Iraq having stretched back to almost 600 BC - remain uncompensated by any national or international body. But these Palestinian tools, who enthusiastically supported Hussein while he waged war against the West and supported genocidal terrorism, get resettled in sunny Southern California.

I wonder if the State Department will put them in Orange County. They'd fit right in:

The State Department confirmed today that as many as 1,350 Iraqi Palestinians - once the well-treated guests of Saddam Hussein and now at outs with much of Iraqi society - will be resettled in the US, mostly in southern California, starting this fall. It will be the largest-ever resettlement of Palestinian refugees into the US - and welcome news to the Palestinians who fled to Iraq after 1948 but who have had a tough time since Mr. Hussein was deposed in 2003...

"Really for the first time, the United States is recognizing a Palestinian refugee population that could be admitted to the US as part of a resettlement program," says Bill Frelick, refugee policy director at Human Rights Watch... But some critics say the State Department is sloughing off its problems onto American cities, especially since in this case the Palestinians were sympathizers of Hussein, who was deposed by the US.

Palestinian refugees came to Iraq in successive waves over several decades, first in 1948, then in 1967, and in 1991.

You know why there was an uptick in Palestinian emigration to Iraq in 1991? Because they were so enthused about how Hussein launched Scuds at Israeli population centers - remember the videos of Palestinians dancing on rooftops as missiles flew overhead - that they simply had to be closer to him. And he, always ready to bolster his image as an anti-Jewish warmonger, was more than willing to accept them.

Which begs the question: has any other country in history ever imported specifically the most enthusiastic supporters of an enemy they just defeated? Or are we the first to claim that particular "moral obligation" gold medal?

References:
* Iraqi Support for and Encouragement of Palestinian Terrorism [Israeli MFA]
* Risking Israel's ire, US takes 1,350 Palestinian refugees [CSM]
* Terrrorists Hiding in Plain View at UC Irvine [MR]

Previously:
* State Department Outreach Results In "Multiple Collaborative Efforts" With Islamists (Plus: State To Revolutionize Arab And Muslim Relations By Giving More "Respect")
* State Department, UN Make Things Up To Coerce Israeli Concessions, Scapegoat Israel When Plans Fail (Plus: Hezbollah Now Openly Bragging About Using Civilian Human Shields)
* State Department Tries To Cleanse Obviously Illegal "No Jews Allowed" Application But Is Too Fucking Stupid To Turn Off Track Changes