Carson: Terrorists 'would be fools' not to try infiltrating refugees

thehill.com ^ | Mark Hensch

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GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson said on Friday that he opposes admitting Syrian refugees inside America’s borders.

“To bring into this country groups infiltrated with jihadists makes no sense,” he told listeners in Des Moines, according to ABC News.

“At some point you have to use common sense and judgment,” Carson said. "If you are part of the global jihadist movement, and you see large numbers of people from your area moving into the United States, wouldn’t you want to infiltrate them?”

“They would be fools not to [try],” the retired neurosurgeon added of extremists. "Why would we do something like that?”

Russia began conducting airstrikes in Syria earlier this week by targeting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Its entrance into Syria’s civil war exacerbates the flood of refugees pouring from the nation amid its years-long conflict.

Carson’s stance on the issue follows a series of controversial positions.

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He’s right — and that’s why we shouldn’t let them in.

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And Carson’s statement further marginizes Jeb, who thinks we have to let them in.

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And Carson’s statement further marginizes Jeb, who thinks we have to let them in.

I sincerely hope so! I don't believe that Dr. Carson is the type of person that intentionally uses statements to marginalize his opponents however. He just uses his native intelligence and common sense to answer questions.

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While there may be some infiltration by ISIS or AQ in the current migrant wave, the greater danger is simply that the migrants are Muslim.

The terrorism and intimidation that always follows Islam is just as likely, if not more likely, to come from their kids and grand kids as from the original immigrants.

For instance, the Jews of France are being driven to the exits by harassment and violence from young Muslim men who are, for the most part, born in France. Ditto for Sweden.

In other words, there is simply no way to screen Muslim immigration. How does one screen generations yet to be born? Better to recognize that taken as a whole, Muslim immigration is a menace that should be declined. Just say no - to any of it.