Landon Shroder is a Security Consultant who specializes in threat assessment for high risk and complex environments. He has spent the past ten years working between the Middle East and Africa. He holds a Master’s from the School of International Service at American University in Washington DC, and he has been published in World Policy Journal, Chatham House, Fair Observer and IVN. Shroder is a Reporter at Fair Observer. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/landon-shroder/rss en Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Displacement Wed, 02 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Landon Shroder https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2015/12/02/with-syrian-refugees-america-should-lead-by-example https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2015/12/02/with-syrian-refugees-america-should-lead-by-example Instead of setting a precedent, the U.S. is falling prey to a cynical worldview that would see children as an enemy and powerless families as groups of terrorists, argues Landon Shroder.