ABOUT THAT REFUGEE STREAM – AT 1:14 P.M. ET:   The image given us by the mainstreamers is a refugee stream from war-ravaged Syria, people in need of food, sleep and sympathy.  But there are indications that this is, partially at least, a false image.  And a dangerous one.  From Breitbart London: 

Eurostat has released figures revealing that just 28 per cent of asylum claimants in the European Union, plus Norway and Switzerland, are from Syria.

The Sun newspaper reports that 334,800 out of 1.2 million asylum seekers in 2016 were from Syria, with hundreds of thousands coming from countries such as Pakistan, Nigeria, and Albania.

The numbers may surprise some members of the public, given the heavy emphasis placed on migrants “fleeing war-torn Syria” by much of the Left-leaning media and politicians.

The true figure may be even lower, with European authorities having struggled to identify migrants posing as Syrians fraudulently for years.

At 1.2 million, total asylum claims for 2016 fell only 92,000 short of their previous record high in 2015, despite the conclusion of a 6 billion euro deal with Turkey to contain the flow of migrants through that country – a deal which is now being threatened by the Islamist government in Ankara.

COMMENT:  So, when President Trump urges caution in dealing with the "refugee stream," he knows what he's talking about.  Extreme vetting is called for...if in fact any vetting can actually be done. 

There have also been disturbing reports about the makeup of the refugee stream.  Most refugee streams are made up largely of women and children, with the men coming later.  This one seems to have an inordinate number of fighting-age men.  It should be a legitimate source of concern.

Of course, anyone who raises questions is accused of Islamophobia, racism, militarism, colonialism, sexism, fascism, and Eurocentrism.  The McCarthyism of the left.

March 18, 2017