Christians and Yazidis are the biggest victims of the Syrian religious war, but Obama continues to favor the perpetrators, Sunni Muslims, over the victims. That is true of his dangerously irresponsible June Surge of Syrian Muslim migrants which endangers our national security and will lead to more terrorist attacks like San Bernardino, Boston and Orlando.
The U.S. accepted more than 2,300 Syrian refugees in June alone, sending the fiscal year total soaring past the 5,000 mark and putting the government on track to surpass President Obama’s goal of 10,000 by the end of September, but raising questions about screening out potential terrorists.
June’s numbers set a monthly record for the Homeland Security and State departments, which committed resources received earlier this year to streamline the process — in what critics say amounted to corner-cutting — to get back on track toward Mr. Obama’s political goal.
Of those accepted in June, more than 99 percent are Sunni Muslims. Just eight identified themselves as Christian, eight identified as a non-Sunni form of Islam, and one reported having no religious affiliation. Those numbers have drawn criticism because the percentage of Sunni Muslims is far greater than that of the Syrian population as a whole, which is about 75 percent Sunni.
The admissions process for the 9/11 hijackers also set a record. Not a remotely good record. But a record nonetheless.
But the simple fact that the admission process has a disparate impact on the victims of Muslim violence while disproportionately favoring Muslims makes Obama's agenda all too tragically clear.
