Throughout Europe, governments are forced to contend with the fact that increasingly, the greatest threat to the security of their generalcitizenry comes from their Muslim and Arab citizens.
As for the Welfare Clause, far from some ambiguous insertion meant to allow politicians to do whatever they wanted with our general welfare in mind, the Welfare Clause was written to ensure that any actions taken by the federal government that fell within its enumerated powers had to be considered with the general welfare of the citizenry in mind.