Amidst political hysteria, lets get one fact straight

The Paris attack mastermind, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 
 and most of the attackers were French or Belgian,
 not Syrian.

As European citizens, they could travel freely around Europe.   They had no need to sneak in with refugees.    Rumors got started about refugees when a Syrian passport was found at one of the scenes, but it is unclear whether this was a faked or stolen passport or whether one the men was Syrian.   We know that most of them were not Syrian.

It is possible that terrorists could pose as refugees and get into Europe because of their open borders and close proximity -- but not into the U.S.    Our investigative vetting is far more rigorous and takes up to two years.   But those who were French and Belgian citizens could have simply taken a flight into the U.S. without any vetting at all -- unless they were on a terrorist no-fly list, which at least some of them were.   The point is:   if they were going to try to attack the U.S., the refugee route would be the worst possible way for them to try to get here.

Let's calm the anti-refugee hysteria and honor American values, remembering Emma Lazarus's words immortalized on our Statue of Liberty:   "Give me your huddled masses, yearning to be free."

Ralph