You have some good points. However, I think that if we in America are to live in peace with islam, and the nearly 2 billion or so with whom you have no beef, is it not incumbent on the latter to be heard, that they do not hold the same beliefs as the islamists? Or, is it logical to hold that by their silence they acquiesce to the islamists beliefs? Taking your view, they (the nearly 2 billion muslims who purportedly are not "terrorists") are the "Silent Majority" of islam, or so some would have us believe. I am of the view that until the majority of "peaceful" muslims state unequivocally that they are with us, they must be viewed with suspicion, even as the enemy of America.
No he doesn't, his history is largely the incorrect PC liberal version.