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I'd been inspired by the civil rights movement - by all the clear-eyed, straight-backed, courageous young people who'd boarded buses and traveled down South to march and sit at lunch counters, and lay down their lives in some cases for freedom. We need a President who can face the threats of the future, not keep grasping at the ideas of the past. Not with so many families to protect and so many lives to mend. There is so much fear, so much mistrust.
When we send our young men and women into harm's way, we have a solemn obligation not to fudge the numbers or shade the truth about why they're going, to care for their families while they're gone, to tend to the soldiers upon their return, and to never ever go to war without enough troops to win the war, secure the peace, and earn the respect of the world. That anger is not always productive; indeed, all too often it distracts attention from solving real problems; it keeps us from squarely facing our own complicity in our condition, and prevents the African-American community from forging the alliances it needs to bring about real change.
Let us keep that promise - that American promise - and in the words of Scripture hold firmly, without wavering, to the hope that we confess. That is in Israel's interest, Palestine's interest, America's interest, and the world's interest.
The fact that so many people are surprised to hear that anger in some of Reverend Wright's sermons simply reminds us of the old truism that the most segregated hour in American life occurs on Sunday morning. Now, I don't believe that Senator McCain doesn't care what's going on in the lives of Americans. For we have learned from recent experience that when a financial system weakens in one country, prosperity is hurt everywhere. To play a role in fulfilling Palestinian aspirations, and to unify the Palestinian people, Hamas must put an end to violence, recognize past agreements, and recognize Israel's right to exist.
That's what compromise is about. But we shouldn't use our humility as an excuse for inaction. Violent extremists have exploited these tensions in a small but potent minority of Muslims. But let us be clear: al Qaeda killed nearly 3,000 people on that day.
Thank you very much everybody.