Submission: More of The President's Remarks

Here is the whole transcript of Barack Hussein's  interview with French television:

THE PRESIDENT:  What I want to do is to create a better dialogue so that the Muslim world understands more effectively how the United States but also how the West thinks about many of these difficult issues like terrorism, like democracy, to discuss the framework for what's happened in Iraq and Afghanistan and our outreach to Iran, and also how we view the prospects for peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

The Muslim world does not care about the way we think. They want us to be Muslims.

THE PRESIDENT; Now, the flip side is I think that the United States and the West generally, we have to educate ourselves more effectively on Islam. 

Educating ourselves more effectively on Islam?  If Americans would do that, one of two things will happen. They will start blogs like mine or write books like those of Bat Ye'or, Spencer, Bostom, etc., or they will convert to Islam. That is the truth.

PRESIDENT: And one of the points I want to make is, is that if you actually took the number of Muslims Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.  And so there's got to be a better dialogue and a better understanding between the two peoples.

Indonesia: 200 million Muslims. India: 156 million Muslims. Pakistan: 150 million Muslims. United States: 2.3 million Muslims.

Q    You're always speaking about dialogue.  How can you do that with the young people who sometimes are very tempted by extremists?  Does you -- as, you know, kind of a new President of the United States, what do you want to tell them, the young people?

THE PRESIDENT:  Well, you know, I think the most important thing I want to tell young people is that, regardless of your faith, those who build as opposed to those who destroy I think leave a lasting legacy, not only for themselves but also for their nations.  And the impulse towards destruction as opposed to how can we study science and mathematics and restore the incredible scientific and knowledge -- the output that came about during centuries of Islamic culture --

What output? Obama is revising history yet again.
The Pope quoted a 14th century Byzantine Christian Emperor as saying: "Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." 

Q    Do you think it's easy, Mr. President?

THE PRESIDENT:  -- I think that has to -- I think that has to be lifted up.  And you're seeing some countries I think that are making more investments in education.  I think the importance of educating women has to be something that's emphasized.  If you look at indicators of human development across the board, those where girls are getting a chance for an education end up being more economically productive.  How to reconcile this with some of the traditional values and norms of Islam, that's not for me to dictate, but certainly I think it's something that can be accomplished, and I want to encourage that.

America built those schools for girls, pious Muslims are bombing them. That's what Obama calls "reconciling the traditional values and norms of Islam"? Burkas and bombings? How vile. He goes on to say it's not for him to dictate (submission), but he thinks he can dictate the expulsion of Jews from Jewish homeland?

Q    When I met you on the campaign, you were telling me that you wanted to organize a Muslim summit.  Do you still have that in mind?

THE PRESIDENT:  Well, you know, this is a start of what I think will be a long-term process.  We'll have a speech, we'll have a roundtable discussion.  It will give an opportunity I think for people around the world to engage in this discussion.  It will be telecast in a wide variety of languages on our White House Web site, whitehouse.gov.  And my hope is, is that as a consequence you start seeing discussions not just at the presidential level, but at every level of life.  And I hope I can spark some dialogue and debate within the Muslim world, because I think there's a real struggle right now between those who believe that Islam is irreconcilable to modern life and those who believe that actually Islam has always been able to move side by side with progress.

Show me in history with whom Islam moved side by side.