One day before the nation was to observe the ninth anniversary of the infamous 9/11 terror attacks, President Obama stressed to the American people that they are “not at war against Islam.”
“We are at war against terrorist organizations that have distorted Islam or falsely used the banner of Islam to engage in their destructive acts,” Obama said during a press conference Friday morning.
“And we’ve got to be clear about that,” the president continued. “We’ve got to be clear about that because … if we’re going to successfully reduce the terrorist threat, then we need all the allies we can get.”...