Prime Minister alAbadi. in Baghdad. wants and has asked us for. which is more U.S. air power. more U.S. special operators on the ground for better coordination of the air campaign. more funding for the Iraqi train and equip fund? We must do more to help the moderate forces. the indigenous forces on the ground. such as the Kurdish Peshmerga. to take back territory controlled by ISIL. We must address the surge of refugees pouring out of Syria and other wartorn countries across the Middle East. These people are in desperate need of help. but the answer is not to resettle them halfway around the world here in the United States. An openended resettlement program is. in fact. an admission of defeat. that their homes will never be safe for them to return to. so we had better assimilate them to new lands with new languages and new cultures. That is not the best solution for these refugees. And because we know that at least one of these terrorists involved in the Paris attacks entered Europe by blending in with those trying to flee ISIL. it could pose a national security risk to the United States. We shouldnt take the indigenous fighters away from the antiISIL campaign through an openended refugee program. Instead. lets actively protect them in their home country by helping them defeat ISIL and win the war. The best thing we can do for these people is to defeat the enemy and to end their reign of terror. rape and oppression. We need a new strategy. not to contain ISIL. but to eliminate them. The refugee issue is a simple matter of common sense. but the problem is larger than the refugees. As we were reminded so tragically on Friday in Paris. failure to confront terrorists and radical ideologies abroad gives them an opportunity to grow and spread and attack us here at home. So lets grieve and pray for the people of France. but lets do more.
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Refugees are potential terrorists blending in with those fleeing ISIL.