If I tried to get into a debate with any moderately well-educated Islamic State supporter about whether that organization is true to the teachings of Islam, I would lose the argument. I am not sufficiently expert in the Islamic tradition to be confident that extremists are misinterpreting it, and few of us are.
即便如此，奥巴马“人人有责”的说法也还需要进一步指明主体。如果我与任何哪怕受过中等教育的伊斯兰国支持者辩论该组织是否忠实于伊斯兰教的教义，我都很可能没有胜机。我对伊斯兰传统的理解不足以认定它被极端分子所曲解，并且多数人都不会比我强到哪去。由比“所有人”都更了解伊斯兰的人来承担奥巴马所谓的责任并不现实。