If this appears to be a strained relationship, drawing a correlation between the Thanksgiving Day fence-jumper and the proposed importation of thousands of purported Syrian refugees, think again.
It is the illustration of the ease with which America's defenses can be breached that connects the two. After the determined intrusion of an individual last year, who blazed his way through a number of rooms on the ground floor of the presidential residence, an attempt was made to improve the barrier surrounding the grounds. Higher spikes on the ironwork fence were installed with additional deterrents currently in the planning stages. Some would say, "too little, too late," and they would be correct in regard to the White House as well as the plan to relocate refugees here, hundreds which have already been placed.