The most important line of Obama's address

Right after I watched Obama's 9-minute address to the country about bin Laden's death, I knew immediately which line was the most important:

"Bin Laden was not a Muslim leader; he was a mass murderer of Muslims."

The intense Islamophobia this country has experienced--from the blatant racism in public places after 9/11 and beyond, to the antics in Gainesville this past year, to the mindbogglingly popular belief that Obama himself is a Muslim (and...not in a good way)--needed a swift kick in the ass. The phrase is the tip of the iceberg. And it's purely symbolic, like much of what's happened since yesterday. But it's crucial, not only for positioning our place in the Middle East, but for Islamic-Americans who have squirmed in their seats for the past decade.