I think GW may actually believe that. He probably went to college with Saudi royals at Harvard and had Taqiyya worked on him.
Saudi money has also worked their Taqiyya on the Higher Education system.
The Saudis have made sure that any history of Islam paints Christians the bad guys.
Any real history would portray the Crusaders as the good guys trying to turn back Muslim invaders and rescue their fellow Christians from despotic Muslims.
Saudis paying for research chairs for Muslim studies, paying for new buildings and scholarships of course get the point of view that they are paying for.
The Crusaders were the first anti-colonialists!
Yes and perhaps even more than that.
In bookstores is a very expensive, beautifully bound in green leather Holy Koran. If one was going to give a gift to someone, like a president, or any other high "ranking" person in society, it is what you would buy.
Every page was in Arabic on the left side, and English on the right. The English side was just like the other modern ones, all the "bad" stuff left out.
I have a non Muslim friend who is fluent in spoken and read Arabic. I asked him to come to the bookstore with me, because I was too cheap to buy the book.
I pointed out the sura I mentioned, and a few others, plus there were some he was familiar with he wanted to check. (he had spent quite a few years in Saudi-Arabia as a civilian). I have never seen the expression that came on his face before. Absolute shock.
He had only seen true versions before too. He said, "My God, they are two different books". I remember those exact words. I don't remember the rest of his comments word for word, but he went on to say, that this explains why so many people in our government have the wrong idea about Islam.
Every non Muslim (infidel) needs to read a true translation of the Holy Koran. Then they might understand why this is happening and why it will never stop happening.
IMHO these are probably the most accurate translations, and they are FREE.