This is America

In the above speech, President Obama not only fully endorses and defends the controversial and so-called "Ground Zero Mosque", but also successfully weaves Muslim-Americans into the historical tapestry of our country.

Like so many other immigrants, generations of Muslims came to forge their future here.  They became farmers and merchants, worked in mills and factories.  They helped lay the railroads.  They helped to build America.  They founded the first Islamic center in New York City in the 1890s.  They built America’s first mosque on the prairie of North Dakota.  And perhaps the oldest surviving mosque in America —- still in use today —- is in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

He also makes it clear that our struggle is not against Islam, but against extremists and mass murderers, with Islamic leaders standing fast beside us against the evil of terrorism.

Al Qaeda’s cause is not Islam -– it’s a gross distortion of Islam.  These are not religious leaders -– they’re terrorists who murder innocent men and women and children.  In fact, al Qaeda has killed more Muslims than people of any other religion -– and that list of victims includes innocent Muslims who were killed on 9/11.