Obama's address at Countering Violent Extremism summit

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I understand the frustration of some folks at Obama's refusal to acknowledge the Islamic foundation of ISIS (I share that frustration), but the Falwell-esque screeching rhetoric coming from many conservative pundits and politicians is just insane. For example, the bright and lovely Ted Cruz calling him an 'apologist for the terrorists' is the type of rhetoric that makes anyone that might moderately agree with you immediately discount your statements. Obama has called ISIS barbaric, inhuman, evil, and a death cult, and regardless of what you think is the right response to their actions (supplying weapons, boots on the ground, training arab states' armies, etc), even implying that the POTUS is somehow 'on their side' or 'trying to justify their actions' is utterly unhelpful and catastrophically stifling to any sort of progress or agreement on this. What's more, any sort of reasonable concurrence I might have with some very far-right people (happens once in a blue moon) is even further strained when they themselves do the same song and dance for which they're condemning Obama when it comes to atrocities undertaken and performed by Christian groups around the world.