Coming off fresh from an incident in which he compared the Syrian refugees to “rabid dogs,” Ben Carson is now spending the week in Jordan, where he apparently plans to make up for his capacious lack of any sort of foreign affairs experience whatsoever with a few strategic head pats. And what has Dr. Carson learned so far? Apparently, the refugees don’t even want to come to the U.S. in the first place.

As Carson told The Associated Press, “I did not detect any great desire for them to come to the United States. You’ve got these refugee camps that aren’t completely full. And all you need is the resources to be able to run them. Why do you need to create something else?”

Carson then reaffirmed his lack of confidence in the U.S.’s ability to screen out potential terrorists before letting us in on an apparently very well-kept secret of Jordan’s refugee camps: They’re living like kings.

From the AP:

“All they need is adequate funding. It’s really quite impressive when you go over there and see it,” Carson told the AP, adding that some areas had recreational facilities, schools, electricity and indoor plumbing. “They were a lot happier. They were quite willing to stay there as long as it takes before they can get back home.”

You know, because being subjected to barrel bombs by your benevolent dictator really isn’t as bad as people make it out to be.

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