Post-Paris, Obama Doubles Down: More Refugees Coming

Frontpagemagazine ^ | November 17, 2015 | Robert Spencer

[SJackson]

Post-Paris, Obama Doubles Down: More Refugees Coming

The President seems intent on creating the circumstances for a Paris-style jihad attack on U.S. soil.

November 17, 2015

Robert Spencer

  

Despite what he termed the “setback” of last Friday’s jihad massacre in Paris, Barack Obama announced Monday that he was pressing forward with his scheme to flood the U.S. with at least 10,000 refugees from Syria, terming opposition to his plan “shameful.” Obama seems intent on recreating in the U.S. the circumstances that led to the jihad attacks in Paris – which were perpetrated by at least two “refugees” who had just recently arrived in Europe.

“We have to, each of us, do our part, and the United States has to step up and do its part,” Obama said. He didn’t explain why Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar don’t have to do their part, and have taken no refugees at all, citing the risk of terrorism. Repeat that concern in the U.S., as have the Governors of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Massachusetts, and Texas, and you’ll be charged with “racism,” “bigotry” and “Islamophobia.”

Obama was ready with his own charges: “When I hear folks say that, well, maybe we should just admit the Christians but not the Muslims. When I hear political leaders suggesting that there would be a religious test for which person who’s fleeing from a war-torn country is admitted. When some of those folks themselves come from families who benefitted from protection when they were fleeing political persecution — That’s shameful. That’s not American. That’s not who we are. We don’t have religious tests to our compassion.”

Indeed. But there were other issues that did not involve “religious tests to our compassion.” President’s statement neatly ignored the uncomfortable fact that Christians are not waging jihad around the world. It was not a Christian terrorist group, but a Muslim one, that boasted last February that it would soon inundate Europe with 500,000 refugees. The Lebanese Education Minister recently warned that there were 20,000 Islamic jihadi terrorists, not Christian “extremists,” among the refugees in camps in his country. It was not a “right-wing” Christian, but an Islamic State operative who boasted in September, shortly after the migrant influx began, that among the flood of refugees, 4,000 terrorists had already entered Europe. 

Obama has never acknowledged any of those facts. Robert Bentley, the Governor of Alabama, was more realistic, explaining that he did not want any of the refugees in Alabama because “I will not stand complicit to a policy that places the citizens of Alabama in harm’s way.” The Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, noted that “a Syrian ‘refugee’ appears to have been part of the Paris terror attack. American humanitarian compassion could be exploited to expose Americans to similar deadly danger.” Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson stated that taking Syrian refugees at this time “is not the right strategy.” Even the Governor of Massachusetts, Charlie Baker, came out against Obama’s plan: “No, I’m not interested in accepting refugees from Syria,” he said. “My view on this is the safety and security of the people of the Commonwealth of Mass. is my highest priority. So I would set the bar very high on this.”

Obama brushed all such concerns aside: “The people who are fleeing Syria,” he asserted, “are the most harmed by terrorism…It is very important...that we do not close our hearts to these victims of such violence and somehow start equating the issue of refugees with the issue of terrorism.” He didn’t address the possibility that jihadis might be among the refugees, but deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes attempted to reassure the American people by claiming that the Obama Administration had “very extensive screening procedures” to weed out jihadis from among the refugees. Former NATO supreme commanded James Stavridis also claimed that U.S. officials would be able to vet the refugees “safely and appropriately.” He added: “We should continue to take a substantial number of Syrian refugees because it is the right thing to do for the international community and because over time they will prove to be citizens of real capability and true grit, like many who immigrated before them in troubled times. The key is serious vetting using all the tools at our disposal.”

Yet FBI director James Comey was not so sanguine about the possibility of vetting the refugees: “If we have no information on someone, they’ve never crossed our radar screen...it will be challenging,” he said – and most jihadis from Syria have not crossed the U.S. radar screen, as the U.S. has not had a military presence there comparable to that in Iraq.

What’s more, the Obama Administration’s ability to distinguish “moderates” from “extremists” has already been tested and found wanting. Former Defense Intelligence Agency director Michael Flynn recently confirmed that while it was claiming to be supporting “vetted moderates” in Syria, the Administration was actually supporting al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood, and directly enabled the rise of the Islamic State. This is also the Administration that spent $500 million to find and train “moderates” in Syria, and could only come up with fifty trainees – all of whom immediately melted away after being let loose in Syria.

Now the same Administration is going to vet the refugees? To entrust Obama’s team with such a task is to invite a Paris-style jihad attack in an American city, courtesy of one or more of his “vetted” refugees. It’s only a matter of time.

[SJackson]

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[Calpublican]

Look at the anger on his face.

Did he show any anger, disappointment, resolve....anything... regarding the murders in Paris? He delivered a most robotic statement.

[ken5050]

Question: Are refugees able later on to bring over “family members”..as happens so often with others. If that is the case, then the 10,000 would very soon become about 100,000.

[FlipWilson]

Of course he doubles down. He always doubles down. His party loses an election, he doubles down by saying things like: “well, the people who voted for me in the last election did’t vote in the midterms.” A court rules against him, he does it anyway and more of it. Whatever the loss, whatever the rejection, the child tantrums and, basically, says, “OH YEAH, I’LL SHOW YOU. I AM SPECIAL, NOBODY TELLS ME WHAT I CAN’T DO!! IN YOUR FACE!!!”

[GBA]

Makes sense. Where does a guy like him get an army?

He shops local and imports whenever possible.

Bill Ayers had talked numbers once upon a time regarding his and his crew's plans for population control, but Barry and his destiny seem to have a bigger picture and plan in mind.

[SJackson]

Yes. And refugees are classified as qualified immigrants, so they receive immediate legal residency and benefit eligibility. Immediate family members, spouse and unmarried children, immediately qualify, and extended family falls under family reunification rules.

You read a bit about the odd fact that most of the refugees are men under 25. While there are certainly terrorists embedded, at least to the US, could be a tactic to bring the family later, thus maximizing the slots available. If we bring in 100,000, 75,000 males could represent 75,000 wives as well. And who knows how many unmarried children.

I doubt we check for spouses and children.

[4Runner]

What the hell is with the quotation marks coding in the articles posted to Free Republic? It’s almost damned near impossible to read the text with all of that gobbledy-gook going on every other ten words. JHC—the CEO’s of all of these high tech computer companies are now worth billions, yet you can’t get anything to work right in this country anymore. And while I’m on the subject of CEO’s....none of them have said anything that I know of regarding the Paris attacks. Seems the more money you make the less you care about civilization as we know it falling apart at the seams.

[Logical me]

King Obama is a terrorists. He has destroyed much of America and he now welcomes ISIS to cover the Country.

[silverleaf]

He missed the G20 “ moment of silence” because he was late

He really could give a rat’s a$$
Or maybe it is guilt over his policy of arming Daesh leading the world to this

[Jack Hammer]

Obama has never been anything more than a politically tone deaf creation of blacks and demented liberals.

It’s been obvious from the get-go that he’s not fit to manage a rest room, let alone a nation.

[The Sons of Liberty]

The vermin imported by 0bama into New Orleans has already begun to scatter like cockroaches to join their terror cells:
“ Syrian ‘Refugee’ Already MISSING IN LOUISIANA”
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2015/11/breaking-syrian-refugee-already-missing-in-louisiana/

[tflabo]

Its Bams way or the highway.
Only in America could such an egoist bamboozler become a ‘leader’.

[Paine in the Neck]

Obama will go into full petulent spite mode like he did with the National Parks over the budget fight. He’ll double down on every muzzie benefit he can.

[SJackson]

Amazing. Apparently he already has a job and doesn’t need benefits. You’d think he’s stay long enough to get documentation. Once he’s here legally, he can go where he wants, no such thing as missing.

[Cobra64]

Look at his eyes. Scary...

[Georgia Girl 2]

I wonder if Barkey’s aides have informed him yet that 26 Governors are saying Hell no?

[Georgia Girl 2]

You are right. Ofail is deliberately attempting to destroy America. He needs to be removed from office ASAP. I am not talking about impeachment. I’m talking about physically removing him from the Whitehut to house arrest and let Biden serve out the next 12 months til we can have an election. This guy is going to do everthing in his power to worsen our situation in the next year. He needs to be stopped.

[Buckeye McFrog]

When you see that anger on his face you know he is addressing Republicans, not terrorists.

[dennisw]

Emperor Obungu-— “How dare you deny my Muslim bruthas!!!”

****** Christians are 1% at most of the Syrians Obungu wants to bring in here. This arrogant power play is being noticed and is backfiring on the Obungu regime

******* For years at least 70-80% of the refugees we admit have been Muslims. Meaning stupid Muslims create their stupid conflicts, then we are supposed to pick up the pieces by allowing in Muslim refugees, in disproportionate numbers.

Must read site on the refugee flood https://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/