There is an old joke about a mother who asks her daughter:
"Would you like to marry a king?"
The reasonable daughter replies: "Mother what are you talking about?"
"I am taking about your marriage, my girl."
"I want to marry a good, nice man, mother".
"So, would not you want to marry a king who is also a good, nice man?"
"Mother, stop this nonsense, please."
"Just tell me yes or no, please!"
The daughter cannot not resist her mother's pressure anymore: "Well... yes..."
"My dear child, a half of this deal is done. Now I need to find a king for you".
This old joke came to my mind when I read the following words by President Obama:
"Let me say this as clearly as I can the United States is not and never will be at war with Islam."
Well... "A half of this deal is done".
Now one needs to find Muslims who consider the United States not to be the Nation of infidels and deny jihad against infidels, including "jihad with sword".
Are there those Muslims anywhere around?
Ahoy!
As far as it concerns the next statement, I am perplexed by Obama's "appreciation of Islamic faith which has done so much over so many centuries to shape for a better... my own country".
Does President Obama mean the United States of America?
I cannot recall how the country was over centuries "shaped for a better" by Islam.
Can you?
I did hear a nonsense that "Quran influenced America's founding fathers" before.
You may read my response to this fantasy here:
Ideological Collaborator With Enemy - Rep. Keith Ellison
However, I cannot imagine for a moment that President Obama repeats the Rep. Keith Elison's nonsense.
So, what does Obama mean, after all?
Excuse my sardonic comment, but do I have to assume that he never liked the New York skyline very much before the September 11, 2001, although he could never understand why it bothered him?
Therefore, the destruction of the World Trade Center by people of Islamic fate drastically improved and chaged Obama's ability to distinguish Beauty from ugliness, and that is why Obama conveys "deep appreciation for the Islamic faith which has done so much... to shape..." his Ethics and Esthetics?