"A logical step to protecting American citizens"?  What about the Iraqi or Syrian citizens who were massacred as a result of American foreign policy?  What about the fact that there countries were destroyed and they were left homeless to further America's international interests?  What happens to them?

Somewhere along the way, our perceptions became so warped that we think it's ok for America invade, or fund/arm rebels to sow rebellion in, countries, and then just walk away.  Now, we seem to be accepting the fact that after creating chaos and killing scores of innocents, America can also close its borders to the very people that it brought pain and suffering to.

I feel terrible for the world that we are leaving for our children.