Outrage after Obama compares ISIS to the Crusades in comments at National Prayer Breakfast

[amandabeech]

85. If the president wishes to make controversial statements, I would advise him to pick his time and

place well, which he did not do this time.

Right now, we have international crises in the Middle East and in Ukraine. There is also difficulty in getting a DHS spending bill passed. Personally, I'd like to dissolve DHS, but that not going to happen soon and we need a budget.

These statements get people riled up and divert attention from the practical job of governing in a difficult time.

The religious right has been trying to destroy secularism since the enlightenment, but I don't see that they're gaining victories anywhere in the West, including the US.

Furthermore, I don't think that his statements concerning Christianity will change the minds of those who reflexively hate Islam. From what I can tell from the internet, those folks are now even more enraged and less likely to examine their views.

We differ significantly on how the president should handle these issues. I don't believe that either of us will change each other's mind. I won't be posting again on this topic.