TimB, so you do think the refugees carry a terrorist risk, or not?
Because you said the "terror" angle was just political.
Then you said in a subsequent post that Europe was in exponentially greater danger from terrorists.
That's why I asked you, "at risk for what?"
I think your exact words were "daesh infiltration".
What makes you think the refugees carry a greater risk to be terrorists?
I think that the chance of Daesh infiltration amongst Syrian refugees into the US, is close to zero, due to the existing rigorous vetting system, and the Atlantic Ocean. I think that the chance of Daesh infiltration into European countries, by their hiding among Syrian refugees is considerably higher. If their purpose is infiltration for purposes of terrorism, then they are not refugees, they are terrorists. I am not Mr. Spock so I can't accurately provide you with the exact odds, but if the odds are 1 in 100 million for it to happen in the US, and the odds of it happening in Europe are 1 in 1 million, then that would qualify as a considerably higher or exponentially higher risk in Europe.