
One of the profound difficulties America will have, if we elect a Muslim apostate, would be to further inflame Middle Eastern tensions. Edward Luttwack, a military historian, writes revealingly of the point in an article in The New York Times. In fact, I don't know which is worst, Obama as a Muslim apostate, or, if he decides to revert to his childhood upbringing in a Saudi madrassa. Neither scenario would increase the security of the U.S.