Speaking at the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Manila, President Obama said of the bipartisan House bill calling for a pause in the admission of Syrian refugees until they can be properly vetted, said he could not think of a more "potent recruitment tool" for the Islamic State than GOP rhetoric suggesting a religious test.  Obama claimed that Republicans are afraid of widows and orphans.  He has also accused Republicans of seeking to oppose a religious test, one preferring Christians over Muslims. First of all, Mr. President, religious persecution is listed on the refugee request form as one of the reasons for requesting such status.  And the fact is that from the Yazidi Christians of Iraq to the Coptic Christians of Egypt, where religious persecution exists, it is more likely to be Muslims persecuting Christians than the other way around.  Your appeasement of and refusal even to mention radical Islamic terrorism, Mr. President, is the...(Read Full Post)