First, President Bush is the only reason that the war continues unabated against islamonuts.
Second, General Petraeus is waging the battle in Iraq by establishing alliances with the hoi polloi Muslims who have had it with the islamonuts.
Third, our troops take to the field every day with Muslims hunting islamonuts.
And finally, smacking moderate Muslims in the face is not conducive to what we are trying to accomplish in the Middle East.
So you think simply not celebrating Iftar equates to "smacking Muslims in the face?" There's quite a bit of grey area between the extremes of celebrating a Muslim holiday in the WH and deliberately insulting them (a course of action no one here is suggesting, btw). And simply not celebrating it is precisely that middle ground.
Attempting to win "hearts and minds" with ceremonial pandering BS will win him nothing but contempt from all quarters.
Bump!