Kabul, Kandahar and Herat were civilized ancient cities before outside machinations aided and abetted their destruction. Baghdad is an ancient city.....but clearly there is a a hierarchy of citizenship and refugees. Terrible and tasteless
Hierarchy.
"This isn't a place, with all due respect, like Iraq or Afghanistan ...
This is a relatively civilised, relatively European (I have to choose those words carefully too) city, where you wouldn't expect that or hope that is going to happen."