Doug Mataconis · · 2 comments

It’s not often that President Obama says something I agree 100% with, but this is one of those times:

“We’ve got millions of Muslim-Americans, our fellow citizens, in this country. They’re going to school with our kids. They’re our neighbors. They’re our friends. They’re our co-workers. And when we start acting as if their religion is somehow offensive, what are we saying to them? I’ve got Muslims who are fighting in Afghanistan in the uniform of the United States Armed Services. They’re out there putting their lives on the line for us and we’ve got to make sure that we are crystal-clear — for our sakes and their sakes — they are Americans. We honor their service. Part of honoring their service is making sure they understand that we don’t differentiate between ‘them and us’. It’s just us.”