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That is one of the real [00:19] contribution just by all the other problems that George W. [00:23] Bush made after 9 / 11 When he basically said after going [00:27] to a mosque in Washington we are not at war with Islam or [00:30] Muslims. We are at war with violent extremism. We are at [00:34] war with people who use their religion for purposes of [00:38] power and oppression. 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