Hi Bobby, We like to keep the discussion free speech so you've had your say, but just to let you know a couple people reported your post as violating the comment policy. And I agree with them.

I want to leave your post up so that you don't think you're not welcome to have your own opinion, but I'm going to debate you.

We are largely if not completely behind the center-point in terms of criticizing Anwar al Alwaki for celebrating violence and encouraging it among his readers, if not with Major Hasan if that is true. This is an incredible threat to many of us, but it is absolutely not about Islam itself or about the Islamic community.

I'm now compelled to counter your additional comments even though you probably are unable to absorb what I'm trying to say. In one little post you've:

*Wrote against "hate", then espoused a blanket judgement (some people consider this itself as a form of hate) against all of Islam which I think is not just unfair, but not based in any legitimate field research or understanding of the concepts. One won't get anywhere fighting what you consider hate with extreme prejudice.

*Then you wrote that political correctness is suicide. By this I'm assuming you mean that we who are friendly to the Islamic world do so because we're afraid our friends will be offended if we aren't. That's not only absurd, but again, not based on an understanding of the concepts or any field experiences on the subject.

You obviously read change, whether to agree with it or to find a way to counter the opinions expressed. But as far as the Islamic community, and religion, are concerned, just know that Muslims are on all political spectrums, some read Change, others watch Sean Hannity, some voted for Obama and Gore while others voted for Bush and McCain. So while you assume Islam means something based on passages you've discovered in the Koran, remember that the Ku Klux Klan, the Nazis, and a few other hate groups took passages out of the Bible.

And if you're wondering who's countering your argument, I'm an Ohio-born Christian conservative-raised former US Marine, who has personally discussed issues of Islamic law and the mechanics of extremism with Islamic leaders in Somalia and with kind Muslims everywhere from Chechnya to Afghanistan. So consider yourself served.

Obama must stay the course in building relationships in the Islamic world. We can only preserve American security if not global prosperity through partnerships in the Islamic World. To do as you have and espouse opposition to Islam would be to lose the long-running support of dozens of governments, millions of nice people, and kind and loving American Muslims just because your advocates did not understand that the handful of fanatics could just as easily be flying the flag of Christianity, O'Reilly-ism, or the Sugar Plum Fairies.