Hard-hearted Hannah. It's Trump who separates mothers and children.
I see where you are coming from, I do. But sometimes, unfortunately a choice has to be made between the interests of the mother and the interests of the child - it's impossible to make it painless for both. I could well be completely wrong, but if I had to make a decision on the matter on whose welfare takes precedence, I would argue that by prioritising the mother, it might unintentionally lack compassion for the child.
If the mother's right to human compassion results in a child being brought up to not integrate because his mother feels so little connection and human empathy for the victims of bombings in the country she and her child are aiming to live in, I think that is throwing the child under a bus. Some separation might be best for the child to have a fighting chance to feel a valued part of the country he is growing up in rather than an outsider, who distrusts the motives and values of those around him, believes the worst of them, and feels isolated.
I feel bad for the women and children being bombed everywhere - it's not difficult to feel bad for them - and maybe Shamima Begum does too and just gave a clumsy interview using the word "retaliation" to describe the ISIS attack on children at a concert without adding the phrase "it doesn't justify what ISIS did and lashing out in revenge, while a human reaction, aren't the values that I aspire to."
