Unfortunately, if an 18 year old Communist came, etc. etc. I would also be unable to trust him as “the end justifies the means (including lying)” is a basic part of their code. On the other hand I have gotten to know an Iraqi journalist in his 30s fairly well. He started out as an Islamic fanatic in Iraq, was imprisoned and tortured, and somewhere along the line did a complete about face and is now a dedicated atheist who is very concerned about the danger of radical Islam to the world.
I agree completely with your post, and I do believe there should be exceptions as I said in my original post.
In the examples I gave such as an Iraqi who had worked as a translator for our forces, had fingered bad guys on his own, had credentials to show he hated the radical islamists and/or had the scalps to prove it or personal endorsement of US Military he had worked with, I would take that into account.
This does open us up to the the risk of someone who is a deep plant undergoing “Sudden Jihadi Syndrome”, but I believe the responsibility we have (to give someone like that the chance) outweighs the risk we might open ourselves up to.
There are muslims who do hate the radicals and have put their and their families lives and reputations at risk in order to help us and work with us. We owe them the option to leave.
We are honor-bound to offer that option, in my opinion.
So, yes. I agree with you there.