Reading the text of a bill that was recently signed into law by U.S. President Barack Obama would instill fear in the hearts of ordinary Americans.

Apparently, barbarians coming from distant lands are at work. They are gathering at the U.S.-Mexico border, cutting fences and ready to wreak havoc on an otherwise serene American landscape.

Never mind that crazed, armed-to-the- teeth, homegrown mass-killers of children are terrorizing whole cities. It is the Iranian menace that we are meant to fear according to the new law.