Response to David Ignatius: In fighting the Islamic State, Obama is a tortoise and the GOP is harebrained

Response to David Ignatius Washington Post

Why the insulting "harebrained?" Isn't it sufficient that you disagree with them? There is no reason to insult. 
Whenever you run for a position, the person holding that position will have working papers that deal with all the details currently known. You, as a candidate, do not have the luxury of either knowing everything or having the time to prepare 7 years worth of experience. But you can and should state what you want to do, state it forcefully, and be able to show that you are not based on pure hot air. 
Trump has shown himself a master of this art. He sounds like hot air, but there is steel in his determination, and substance to his thought. You rail against him, but can't quite respond to his points. 
I agree with almost all you say in your analysis, except its conclusion. The President believes its ok to lose 10, 20, 3000 people here and there to terrorists. It won't affect the ability of this country of 350M people from functioning, or from being an influential part of the world. He doesn't care about the dead, not here at home and not in Syria where 300,000 have been killed, and over 2,000,000 displaced, he is all about "stability" "economic justice" and the ecology. 
He forgets that he is dealing with humans, and that we all feel in danger when random killings occur. He forgets that he is dealing with humans and we ignore far away people who express no power in our area. He is a socialist who believes that movements among the anonymous masses will arrive at the conclusion he guides them to. He knows best. He is Plato's philosopher king, and neither generals, nor humanitarians can influence him. 
God Help Us.

Inmigration from Middle East

We have the parameters for a humanitarian immigration policy from the ME.
1. Christians, minority sects (like the Druze) who have been oppressed by both Shiite and Sunil Arabs should be allowed in, if they know their religion enough to convince experts.
2. Arab men (Sunni or Shiite) and teen boys between 15 and 55 should be excluded from consideration. This will prevent family heads from being established here while providing sanctuary to those preventing the men to fight for their country.  Boys 15 and 18, unfortunately have already been shown to be frequent perpetrators of minor offenses (stonings) and quite often of more dangerous activities (stabbing and the use of firearms).
3. Women and children not covered by 2 can be allowed into the country within limits established by our wish to maintain our social mix.

These parameters are common sense and congruent with our national experience and our world experience. They apply equally to refugees and to economic migrants, although refugees should be protected within the country with the conflict.