DETAILS.
A LOT OF WHAT WE HEARD
TONIGHT WAS A REINFORCEMENT OF
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S POLICIES, BUT
HE DOES SAY THAT HE NOTICED
SOMETHING NEW.
PRESIDENT OBAMA DROVE HOME THE
POINT THAT THIS IS NOT A WAR
BETWEEN AMERICA AND ISLAM.
IT IS A RESTATEMENT OF THE
KINDS OF THINGS HE IS DOING,
INCLUDING SOME OF THE THINGS HE
WOULD LIKE TO DO IN TERMS OF GUN
CONTROL, GETTING CONGRESS TO
ISSUE A DECLARATION OF WAR
AGAINST ISIS.
A TERRORISM EXPERT AND
PROFESSOR AT JOHNS HOPKINS
UNIVERSITY DID SHARE SOMETHING
NEW.
-- HERE'S SOMETHING NEW.
THAT HE CAN'T TREAT AMERICAN
MOSLEMS AS ENEMIES.
HE SAYS THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT
POINT FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA TO
MAKE.
THOUGH HE DIDN'T SAY IT,
PRACTICALLY IT'S NOT IN
AMERICAS INTEREST TO DO THAT.
THE GREAT MAJORITY OF MUSLIM
S
DON'T SUPPORT THESE ACTIONS.
THE ADDRESS COMES ON THE
HEELS OF THE ATTACK IN SAN
BERNARDINO, 14 KILLED AFTER A
HUSBAND AND WIFE STARTED
SHOOTING AT A HOLIDAY LUNCHEON.
DOZENS WERE HURT.
THE SHOOTING IS BEING
INVESTIGATED AS AN ACT OF
TERRORISM.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE
THAT AMERICAN MUSLIMS
ARE
AMERICAN, AND WE DON'T WANT TO
DRIVE A WEDGE BETWEEN THE
NON-MUSLIM COMMUNITY AND
EVERYTHING ELSE, IN-SWERVE SOME
OF THE RHETORIC FROM DONALD
TRUMP AND OTHERS SEEMS TO BE
FOSTERING THOSE DIVISIONS.
PRESIDENT
OBAMA'S MESSAGE WAS
FOR AMERICANS TO LIVE FREE AND
NOT IN FEAR.
THEY WANT EVERY AMERICAN TO
THINK THAT COULD BE ME, SO
THEREFORE I WILL NOT GO TO WORK
OR MALLS OR MOVIES, AND WE
CAN'T
LET A HANDFUL OF FANATICS
DESTROY OUR WAY OF LIFE.
HE SAYS HE WOULD HAVE LIKED
PRESIDENT OBAMA TO TALK ABOUT
TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AND