maybe his speech writers got laid off.
what he was trying to say was that the united states has a large arabic population. while certainly a minority, there are enough muslims in the US to prove that we are not at war with the muslim faith, but with extremists.
while the majority of american citizens may be christians, there are many other americans who are not. and since we "seperate church and state", people of all religions live in relative harmony in this country, and all have equal rights under the law.
obama seems to be trying a different approach. i find it refreshing.
the old "let's manipulate their governments covertly to keep them weak and unstable by helping to install a tyrannical leader, and let's starve them economically with sanctions out the ass, then bomb the shit of 'em once in a while, and if they cause too much trouble, or try to cut off the oil, we'll invade and topple their government" approach we've been using since WWII just ain't workin' out for us.
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