Salon
Ben Norton
10/09/2015
We have money to bomb Syria, but not to help Syrian refugees.
The U.S. launched a campaign this week on Kickstarter — a crowdfunding website on which people around the world can donate to fund proposed projects — to help provide aid to Syrian refugees. All proceeds will go to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the leading international body on refugees.
In its statement announcing the initiative, the White House draws parallels to the 1885 funding of the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty...(more)
