Wrong Focus

Instead of focusing on the people who are victims of circumstances, don’t you think the focus should be on what they are fleeing from? Fixing THAT problem should be your focus. Not the refugees or a demented man’s political fortunes.

Don't know why this is directed at me. Sometimes you need to get off your preachy high horse, Rob. I wouldn't have thought it necessary to state the obvious. Yes, the situations they are fleeing are horrendous -chronic unemployment, generational poverty, pervasive institutionalized corruption and violence - conditions that unfortunately affect much of the world's population.
My post offers the opinion that these unfortunate people are being used....a better word would be exploited....for political purposes. Nothing more, nothing less.

And my post suggests that, unless you're offering them assistance, folks who focus on the refugees are also being played.

Here in Mexico some of the the media has been playing into The Chump strategy of focusing on the refugees aka "the boogeyman", even portraying them as violent because the Guatemalan and Mexican police did what The Chump wanted them to do. Three guesses which media. But the more grass roots and smaller media are focused on exposing the game of the politicians and the conditions that lead to there being so many refugees. It's easy to confuse the reasons and dismiss their superficial "obvious" causes. Of course they're being exploited. As are most of the world's impoverished people. The cycle of poverty is something that can be broken with education and opportunities, but the greed of the super wealthy apparently has no limits or shame. Of course they'll deny climate science publicly and foment discord, strife and even wars privately. Like The Chump made plain: wouldn't want to let anything get in the way of a multi-billion dollar ARMS DEAL. Human rights will always take a back seat to profits the way capitalism is currently practiced, especially by the USA.

I'm not being played at all. You're preaching to the choir.

How about if I put it this way - call it "HolyMole's Big Conspiracy Theory":

What better way to stoke the fears of tens of millions of xenophobic Americans than the sight of thousands of brown-skinned migrants streaming towards the US border, demanding entry? And who best to stop this deluge of barbarians at the gate? Why,Trump and the Republican Party, of course. Are the Bannons, Pages, Millers, Stones and Manaforts of the world above exploiting this crisis ..... even of precipitating, encouraging and organizing it....just weeks ahead of the mid-term elections? Exactly the kind of shady heartless backroom manipulation that guys like Manafort cut their teeth on.

Do I really need to add that I empathize with the plight of these unfortunate migrants?