Obama believes the exact opposite.
Via IBD:
President Obama may need to give another national security speech, because a new poll shows Americans aren’t nearly as convinced the war on Islamic terror is over.
A solid majority also think the national security threat comes not just from terrorism but also the Islamic faith. And it’s a fear held intensely by Obama’s most loyal voters: African-Americans.
In a May 23 address before the National Defense University in Washington, the president vowed to wind down military actions against “violent extremists,” arguing he can better protect America via law enforcement actions and diplomacy.
“This war, like all wars, must end,” Obama said. “That’s what history advises, that’s what our democracy demands.”
He also denied terrorists are inspired by fundamentalist Islam. Only, the public isn’t buying it.
Fifty-six percent of Americans think the U.S. “continues to be in a war on terror,” while 8% are not sure, according to an IBD/TIPP poll taken May 28-31. The remaining 36% of respondents say the nation only faces threats of “violent crime by extremists.”
At the same time, a whopping 90% consider “fundamentalist Islam” a “threat” to the U.S. and other Western countries, with 58% viewing it as a “major threat.”