Andrew Sprung has a smart reading of one part of Obama's Nobel speech:
Osama's favorite label for U.S. and western forces is "crusaders." Obama pointedly puts the European Crusaders of old on the same side of the ledger as Islamic extremists. No holy war can ever be a just war. One rule lies at the heart of all religions. Obama is simultaneously taking on the militant understanding of jihad and denying any fundamental clash of civilizations. Mullahs of the world, mull that.
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