The Syrian Paradox

Make no doubt about the dubious vetting of Syrian nationals.  If the President concedes to critics and delays or cancels the admission of Syrian refugees on the basis of incomplete or inaccurate vetting, he opens to door to the same vetting argument for particularly Latin American illegal immigrants on the same basis.  This is a profound problem for the Administration, given they believe in this type of domino theory.

This creates a paradox for both the vetting process and the admission of immigrants for any reason that abrogates full security and identity protocols.  In short, many if not most agree: "Yes, we should accept refugees, but no, we wish no more uncertainty about our safety."

If his party or opposition could give the Administration a pathway around this, it could help, however doubtful the reality his acceptance of such a plan.  Why?  There are always pathways around the pathways - all perfectly logical and reasonable.

I truly hope for us all the President is correct  that no serious terrorist strikes come to our shores on the accords of Syrian admissions.  It seems from the Paris event that creating such a strike is not that challenging, requiring only high coordination and the life-commitment of a small group.   Such an attack is difficult to stop.