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I believe the United States is in the midst of making a major and very damaging mistake in relationship to ISIS.

That's because we are doing exactly what they want us to do to play into their apocalyptic endgame.

Governors, legislators, and citizens across our country are reacting largely out of fear by escalating the rhetoric against Islam and against Syrian refugees in particular.

While the fear is understandable, if we continue to let it drive us, we will be playing our part in their script to a T.

The truth is that ISIS wants us to polarize against Muslims. They need us to help their recruitment efforts by marginalizing young Muslims and making them more receptive to recruitment.

That's the only way they can "win" in the long-term.

By reacting with isolationism and discrimination, we fulfill our part in their plan to ignite a Holy War of Islam versus the rest of humanity.

The antidote?

We write a new script, one that approaches the situation strategically and builds upon the great virtues of America. It means we take real and dramatic steps to embrace our Islamic brothers and sisters as allies.

One of those steps should be to welcome far more Syrian refugees as a gesture of real generosity and solidarity.

That's because the most significant battle underway is not over Raqqa. Ultimately, it's in the hearts and minds of Islamic youth around the world, of which there are 780 million under the age of 25. And that battle cannot be won with bombs in Syria or boots on the ground.

It can only be won with real friendship, generosity, and love. Those are the antidotes to alienation and polarization.

Frankly it is beneath us to be debating over whether or not to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees, which is a miniscule amount in proportion to the vast sea of suffering now flowing out of Syria.

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