Gary Varvel for November 18, 2015

Inane argument.

The quickest way to bring a diverse community together is to focus them on a another group to hate and fear. Republicans Unite!

That must be the container; Obama said his government had contained ISIS.

The cartoon implies that immigrants to America are not already carefully vetted. That is false. But as in so many cases, you can’t make the conservative argument without deception.

This dated from Sept, 2013:

‘Muslim Publics Share Concerns about Extremist Groups’

Note, this is from a restricted number of countries/communities:11‘Across 11 Muslim publics’ – Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 8,989 Muslims in Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Palestinian territories, Senegal, Tunisia and Turkey

“In many of the countries surveyed, clear majorities of Muslims oppose violence in the name of Islam.”

"In Pakistan (89%), Indonesia (81%), Nigeria (78%) and Tunisia (77%), say suicide bombings or other acts of violence that target civilians are never justified. “

”And although substantial percentages in some countries do think suicide bombing is often or sometimes justified – including a 62%-majority of Palestinian Muslims, overall support for violence in the name of Islam has declined among Muslim publics during the past decade."

So, the trend is not unlike support amongst Americans for warring abroad. Or is it?

And they are not right.

Can the mods please stop people from cutting and pasting the same inane comment under every single cartoon!!

Arm yourself with knowledge not fear.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/18/why-rejecting-syrian-refugees-wont-make-america-safer/

@ martens is REALLY fed up

Excellent comment – At no time in my life have I let the news reports panic me into any silly reactions. I continue to live my life as I always have.

“is that the whole immigrant question has become a political football with little truth or rationality "

This whole immigration uproar was started (at least in part) By that great conservative statesman, Neal Boortz.

The head of the FBI ia now supposed to personally investigate EVERY person seking entry to the U.S. from the Middle Eas, not just Syria? Ludicrous, time to fire the nuts in Congress, on the right.

Oh, is that the St. Louis, sailing from port to port looking for a place to land? Yes, too dangerous. Send them all back to Germany. Hitler will find some nice camps for them to live in.