Who's Afraid The Roof's Gonna Fall?

       Who thinks the way to defeat ISIL or ISIS, whichever, is with fear? What I mean is, will we be safer if we fear, fear, fear, everything? No! Fear is the tool ISIS uses to defeat us. In fact its the main tool in their arsenal. I keep hearing people say don't allow any Muslims into the country. At least until we know who are the terrorists. Do any of these people actually think we can develop a litmus test to determine who's a terrorist and who isn't?
       Here's a news flash: there is no way to know who will turn around and kill you. Killers and terrorists don't look any different than your neighbor and close friend of fifty years. They work hard at appearing to be good folks. Barring Muslims just infuriates honest Muslims and can convert some, adding to the numbers of people willing to kill us. Christians would and do act the same way, because its a human failing not a religious one.
       There are a few politicians who seem to think that if they get you scared enough, you'll vote for them to protect you. But while that tactic might get them votes, and maybe even an election, it certainly won't protect you. It'll just create more terrorists. And they don't know who are the terrorists. Why? Because nobody can stand there and point out every terrorist. So lets do the smart thing, lets befriend everyone we can, and cooperate with everyone to root out the bad apples.
       What our politicians should be urging us to do is to show a little courage. Our founding fathers did. Their kind were hunted by the British at the time, in their own homeland. But they were courageous enough to sign that document, and stand up and fight for what they believed in. It seems as though we've become a country where we expect some dumb guys to go out and do our fighting for us so we can whine about terrorists behind every tree. We're more likely to die in a car crash than from a terrorist, by far, but somehow we've been suckered into believing they're everywhere.