Long time no see. I think that’s actually a pretty valid question you ask, and I don’t really have a good answer.

At the end of the day, I think one needs to decide who they think is telling the truth, and what the truth is to them. Voting is about making a judgement call, and there is no universal correct answer. I think it sets a dangerous (though perhaps popular) precedent to demonise Islam for political convenience. I hope that Obama agrees (despite his rhetoric), though I can’t know what’s going on in his mind.

There are a lot of moderate Muslims in the world and they vastly outnumber the radicals. But you just hear about the radicals because they’re the ones creating all the trouble. Let me define “moderate” and “radical”, just to be 100% clear. By moderate I mean those who are following Islam in accordance with what Mohammed (SA) and his progeny taught. By radicals I mean those who twisted those teachings into something they call “Islamic Jihad” but in reality has no basis in Islam whatsoever.

Coming back to the election, in my mind I have the feeling that Obama “gets this” the most out of the three candidates. I don’t have a rational explanation for this belief, it is just based on my observation of the three candidates based in part upon what they say about how America should handle its international affairs.

How do you know that this is what he actually thinks? And if it’s not what he thinks, how would it be “playing clean” to say this?

Gerv