Soap Box

​It seems that President Obama is determined to force America to accept ten thousand Syrian refugees, going against polls, political opposition from his own party and the well-founded fears of a majority of the nation.

He has, from the opening days of his administration, acted as if the legislation he proposed or the issues he supported had to be enacted overnight without taking time to examine the possible ramifications and repercussions and the eventual effect on the nation, or making the public privy to the provisions involved.

It has seemed, at least to me, that Obama was afraid that if the full truth came out public opinion would solidify against him and prevent him having his way. If you remember him and his Democrat allies acted as if Obamacare was not immediately passed, healthcare in America would suffer irreparable damage, but now, as the chickens come home to roost, it's easy to see how much better it would have been to have slowed down the process and considered what a convoluted, politically motivated power grab it was.

Now our president has informed the world that America will take in ten thousand Syrian refugees, a ninety thousand reduction from the one hundred thousand he originally proposed.

There is no denying that the refugee situation in the Middle East is a tragedy, literally millions of men, women and children running away from the ravages of war and the inhuman cruelty of ISIS, desperate for life essentials and a safe haven, flooding across international borders into any country that will allow them sanctuary.

Of course the world should come together and help these refugees, they should be fed and sheltered, and a place of safety provided for them, but insofar as allowing them to immigrate there are a couple of serious problems involved.

One is that there will be no end to the river of refugees from that part of the world. Because if ISIS and it's like isn't stopped they will continue to gobble up territory and displace people who will join the never-ending flow, overtaxing the capabilities of the most benevolent of nations.

The second, and most ominous, is the very real and almost certain reality that, among the legitimate refugees, there will be a contingent of jihadists, suicide bombers and mass murderers who are willing to repeat the massacres we saw in Paris, many times over.

Obama tells us that the ten thousand refugees he wants to allow to come to America will be investigated, but how is that possible? Syria is in a shambles, what kind of statistical data base remains that would give American investigators even the most basic biographical information.

And, as usual, Obama is in a hurry.

So how can all of these people be vetted to the point that we know there are not ISIS operatives among those we allow to come into our country?

The truth be known, we can't and the odds of taking the chance are not good.

We only have to be wrong one time out of ten thousand to allow a blood bath on the streets of America.

Obama says that turning the refugees away would give ISIS a valuable recruiting tool.

Conversely, it seems to me that recruiters would arrive in the masses and seek out vulnerable Muslim youth in this nation and recruit, organize and instruct them in the ways of murder and mayhem.

This is a problem that requires well thought out solutions, not quixotic action by a president with a terrible track record in foreign affairs.

What do you think?

Pray for our troops and the peace of Jerusalem.

God Bless America

� Charlie Daniels

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