no. if president wants 100,000 syrians in the country, let him say it. there s something going on in brussels. we re pretaping this. do you expect something happening in brussels? it s been remarkably specific about the nature of the threat. it s hard to say at this point, but i wouldn t put past isis they would try a series of attacks. maybe this this misdirection. maybe they want to she they can intimidate the capital of the european union but i would take the threat seriously. i ve raved about your book. the thesis of your book is we have to look for these nonstate actors. you don t need a huge nation to destroy you. it could be one guy, a drone and anthrax. doesn t that lend itself to a
that mean i hate orphans? no, the president and much of the discussion is this is not our first refugee crisis. we ve faced this issue many times before. for the president who prides himself on international law. he avoids the treaty we entered view 65 years ago. most of the people don t qualify as refugees. the qualifications is you have to show a well-founded fear of persecution based on your religious beliefs, race, ethnici ethnicity, something like that. most of those coming out of syria don t qualify. they have been in a horrible war. something that make them qualify as refugees?
discussion has ignored the fact that this is not our first refugee crisis. we ve faced this issue many times before. for the president who prides himself on being mr. international law, he s ignoring the treaty we entered into 65 years ago. most of the people he wants to admit don t qualify as refugees. the requirement is very clear, that is you have to showls a well-founded fear of persecution based on your religious and political beliefs, race, ethnicity, something like that. and most of the people coming out of syria don t qualify. have they been displaced by horrible conditions and war? yes. does that make them eligible to be refugees? no. if the president wants to bring them on for just because he wants a couple hundred thousand syrians in the country, let him
discussion has ignored the fact that this is not our first refugee crisis. we ve faced this issue many times before. for the president who prides himself on being mr. international law, he s ignoring the treaty we entered into 65 years ago. most of the people he wants to admit don t qualify as refugees. the requirement is very clear, that is you have to showls a well-founded fear of persecution based on your religious and political beliefs, race, ethnicity, something like that. and most of the people coming out of syria don t qualify. have they been displaced by horrible conditions and war? yes. does that make them eligible to be refugees? no. if the president wants to bring them on for just because he wants a couple hundred thousand syrians in the country, let him
we are pressured to accept the refugees. it s very hard to do background checks on people in these kinds of circumstances. yeah. in fact, let me quote you further from your column on this very point. we ll put it on the screen. how many boat people and others who seem to be economically motivated are actually terrorists? seeking to conceal themselves among economic migrants to gain access to europe. legitimate point it would appear, but the counter to that would be, wait a minute, aren t most of these fleeing refugees christians who are fleeing persecution? well, some may be christias,z united statesies and others who do meet the international qualification for refugee status. not like we haven t seen this before going back to 1951 when the first refugee convention was agreed to. if a refugee can show persecution or well-founded fear of persecution for religious