TYT: Ben Carson Visited Syrian Refugees, So Now He's An Expert...

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Ben Carson recently visited refugee camps in Jordan, and he drew some conclusions from it. If you know anything about Ben Carson you know that those conclusions are going to be ridiculous. Ana Kasparian (The Point) and John Iadarola (Think Tank), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

"Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson reiterated his opposition to admitting Syrian refugees to the United States -- despite visiting people living in refugee camps in Jordan over the weekend.

Matt Lauer, host of NBC’s “Today Show,” asked Carson on Tuesday whether he would be open to admitting any of the Syrian refugees he had personally met on a recent trip to Jordan.

Carson demurred, arguing that resettling refugees in the U.S. is pointless, because it would not solve the underlying “problem” of the refugee crisis.

“The issue is, if we bring in tens of thousands of refugees into this country, have we solved the problem? The answer to that is no,” Carson said. “Why do things that just make some people feel good and say that we've done something, when in fact there are adequate solutions?”

Carson went on to claim that increasing funding for the refugee camps in Jordan is one such “adequate solution.”

“The Jordanians are very generous people,” Carson said. “They have camps that work very well. Refugees I talked to in more than one camp are very grateful for what the Jordanians have done. But people are not giving enough money to support those efforts.”

Carson's comments echo his previous remarks about the trip, when he described the refugee camps in Jordan as "really quite nice.””*

Read more here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ben-carson-syrian-refugees-jordan_565db798e4b08e945fec829f

[misterhighwasted]

1. Just one visit and now he's a master on foreign policy.

That's all it takes?

[immoderate]

2. Never forget — Ben Carson is a wacko!

--imm

[rpannier]

3. Sarah Palin could see Russia from her house

I can see China in the distance from where I live and have talked to dozens of people from China, ergo I am an expert of China

[tclambert]

4. So a Republican says we should give more money to support these refugee camps?

The Republican base will not go along with that. If those refugees want a better life, they should quit being lazy and get jobs. Or they could borrow $20,000 from their parents to start a business.