On 1: He chose to use a quotation. No, he didn't say it, but he had a wealth of things to choose from and he chose to take a 700 year old statement, and use it, entire, when the entirety said that all of Islam generated nothing but evil. "Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman,". The statement is incredibly offensive, on it's face. As an hisoric artifact it can be ignored. As a specific quotation one must ascribe meaning to it. I don't see any way to gloss that meaning as without offensive intent.
2: The Muslim "world" didn't commit violence. It's not as if some equivalent of the Vatican Guard went out and committed violence. It was individuals. If the 82nd gets sent someplace to destroy things, then the US has to apologise. I don't recall Israel(or America) being told to apologise when whatisname shot up the prayer in Jerusalem. There is no single group to blame. I am not going to personally apologise for the death of Dilawar, because I had nothing to do with it.
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2: The Muslim "world" didn't commit violence. It's not as if some equivalent of the Vatican Guard went out and committed violence. It was individuals. If the 82nd gets sent someplace to destroy things, then the US has to apologise. I don't recall Israel(or America) being told to apologise when whatisname shot up the prayer in Jerusalem. There is no single group to blame. I am not going to personally apologise for the death of Dilawar, because I had nothing to do with it.
3: I hope so.
TK