While I do think we'd better do something for the Iraqis who worked with us, I have some reservations.
Given the amount of infiltration of Iraqi security forces by Islamic extremists, liberally issuing visas means we'll end up with people coming to the US as refugees who are tied in with al-Qaida.
The problem is, they are only going to be a fraction. But if we have the same problems with them that we had with the last major crop of Iraqi refugees, they will be a very influential fraction. (They did a terrible job with the post-Desert Storm Iraqi refugees.)
They'll have to do a careful job to help people out without causing a security problem here. My current confidence in the ability of the State Department, US Military and Department of Homeland Security to do a careful job is pretty low.
Given the amount of infiltration of Iraqi security forces by Islamic extremists, liberally issuing visas means we'll end up with people coming to the US as refugees who are tied in with al-Qaida.
The problem is, they are only going to be a fraction. But if we have the same problems with them that we had with the last major crop of Iraqi refugees, they will be a very influential fraction. (They did a terrible job with the post-Desert Storm Iraqi refugees.)
They'll have to do a careful job to help people out without causing a security problem here. My current confidence in the ability of the State Department, US Military and Department of Homeland Security to do a careful job is pretty low.
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