So, what do you expect Obama do to? Bomb them some more? Let's do that. Then ISIS/Daesh can say "Look at the West! They're bombing our towns, killing your families! There is a war on Islam, join us so we can fight it!" That's how groups like this get started in the first place. Our bombings help the radical groups recruit more people.
If I may add to this: the daesh don't have rational thought. Think of the ways France could have responded to the Paris attacks.
1. Continue bombing as they have;
2. Increase intensity of bombing;
3. Stop bombing.
In all three situations, the daesh will yell "WE WON : DDDD". In their minds they have trapped the countries fighting against them, and anything they or other countries do means they have won.
Examples:
A country decides to bomb us? We won. Doesn't matter if we attacked them first.
One of our militiamen dies in battle? He's won. His task given to him by Allah has been completed.
The entire world rejects our vision? We've won. We've shown how the world is against Islam.
This is the way they think.
It's a deranged Islamic ideology that has no basis in the real world. It's also why I reject the argument that poverty is the main cause of young men joining them. I think it's that they already had a mental issue.
He wants to take in 25,000 refugees by the end of the year, an already lofty goal as it is, and then there's the screening process. Time and efficiency is taking priority over safety. These poor people need help but our country's safety comes first. Take them in, but do it responsiby.
25000 is a lot of people, but you have to put it in perspective. In my country, The Netherlands, we have ~17 million people. Canada has ~36 million people. This country will have taken at least 60k people by the end of the year. At the moment, Canada has taken about 3000, with that plan to take 25k more. Canada is over 200 times as big, and The Netherlands doesn't have any involvement in the Syrian civil war (yet).
Do you really think taking half of what my country has will destabilize your society? After the Paris attacks, some extra security measures have been taken, but that's because we are so close to the attacks (for the most part). The amount of radicalized individuals here is minimal compared to France. If you have faith in your country's systems, then those refugees won't hurt you.
I agree that there need to be extra safety precautions, but to close your borders to people in need is cruel, and will only fuel the daesh's narrative.
I'm feeling the subjects being discussed in here are irrelevant.
While it hasn't been confirmed that it was one of the terrorists, a passport was found of a Syrian male that passed through Greece, Serbia, Austria, and some other countries, in just the last month and a half. They found a man with the same passport but no further information about that has been made available.
Apart from that, the daesh are a big factor in why there's a stream of refugees at all. To say that it's irrelevant to their actions in Paris (where they even clearly stated "this is for your actions in Syria") is to ignore the facts.
At this point, nations are taking this group more seriously and realizing that Assad's dictatorship has actually left some people with no choice but to join them. Even Putin has decided to abandon Assad, one of his allies, in favor of helping western countries bomb the daesh and allow for proper democratic elections in Syria. It's a disappointment that it's taken so long for this to happen, but at least it is happening now.
And even when the daesh are gone, there will be some terrorist organization to wreak havoc in the Middle East and perhaps even in other countries. Don't forget that before ISIS came into view, the big name in everybody's minds was al Qaeda. They are still busy, and I would say that due to pressure being on the daesh instead of them, they have managed to gain some more strength. Until stability can be brought to the Middle East and Africa, these organizations will sadly continue existing.
The only thing we can do is make sure our governments keep their own civilians secure, but treat the refugees humanely as well. That's the way to piss off the terrorists and show them that their methods aren't effective.
