Don't Blame Republicans, Blame Yourself, Syrians Tell Obama

Demonstrators in Syria told President Barack Obama on Saturday to stop blaming Republicans and to blame himself for the fallout from the Syrian refugee crisis.

Obama attacked Republican politicians in the US on Wednesday for proposing to curb America’s intake of Syrian refugees in wake of the Paris terrorist attacks. “They’re scared of widows and orphans coming into the United States of America as part of our tradition of compassion,” the president said.

On Saturday, activists in the Syrian town of Kafr Nabl held a banner that read "Obama! Don’t blame those who fear widows and orphans, blame yourself for empowering Assad to create them.

Activists in Kafr Nabl regularly hold protests of this nature. Last week they compared the attack in Paris with attack by Assad and Russia. Credit: YouTube/Raed Fares