Now, ho ... ho ... ho ... w ... w .. wait a minute, ho ... ho ... hold on!

Islam WAS a part of early America in that some of its faithful along the Mediterranean Coast were demanding blackmail payments to allow passage of shipping vessels.  They kept upping the anti until America refused to pay.  In retaliation, an American Naval ship was captured.  I believe Jefferson was President at the time and he sent some Marines to Tripoli to kick some Islamic ass.  That act is recounted in the Marine Hymn by the words, "to the shores of Tripoli".

You suppose that's what Obama was talking about?