In the wake of the catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the Middle East, the direct result of Barack Obama’s failed policies in the region, he announced our nation would take in an additional 10,000 Syrian refugees next year. That sets the target number of incoming international refugees at 100,000 for 2016. Granted, that’s a drop in the bucket compared to the number of illegal immigrants Obama has invited to flood across our southern boarder, but it’s a very deadly drop.

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper called Obama’s crisis a “disaster of biblical proportions.” He warned that terrorists would infiltrate the ranks of refugees: “Exactly what’s their background? We don’t obviously put it past the likes of ISIL to infiltrate operatives among these refugees.” The CIA and FBI have already indicated they have no failsafe method for vetting these refugees/immigrants. Furthermore, I note the absurd irony of Obama’s announcement on the eve of 9/11.

I say “refugees/migrants” because as many as half of the Muslims flooding into Europe do not fit the UN’s definition of “refugee.” According to the UN’s own migration data, many of those coming into Europe are migrants, not refugees. Consider that almost 70% of the incoming migrants are male, while only 15% are children. If they are refugees and not migrants seeking economic (or other) opportunities, where are the women and children?

Obama’s spokesman, Josh Earnest, said of the refugee invitation, “The fact is, these are human beings that are in a terrible, desperate, vulnerable situation. That’s why the president has directed his national security team to continue to play a leading role in our response to this situation.” That remark is tragically laughable, given that Obama’s “national security team” played a leading role in creating this situation.

Obama State Department spokesman John Kirby offered this explanation for the refugee exodus: “These people wouldn’t be fleeing that country if [Bashar al-Assad] hadn’t completely destroyed it the way he has.” Well yes, but…

All of Obama’s propagandists are attempting to deflect attention from the fact that it was Obama’s profoundly ill-advised withdrawal from Iraq, the centerpiece of his 2012 re-election bid, which seeded the current Middle East meltdown. They are endeavoring to frame his foreign policy legacy with the equally ill-advised “Iran nuke deal,” and the consequences will be far more devastating.