me. how did you have the courage to go outside of detroit to go outside of the car business, and say, we re going to do things different at ford. we re going to bring somebody from outside the business to shake things up. we don t take advantage of turmoil. and lord knows our industry was in great turmoil, then you really miss an opportunity. and so not only did i hire someone from boeing as you point out, but we also changed our whole corporate strategy radically. we decided to be known as a leader in fuel economy and a leader in technology. those were two very bold statements for a company that wasn t really at that point known for either. and why did detroit what did sort of official detroit say to you when you said, you know what i m going to do? i m going to save ford by bringing in an airplane guy. well, there was a ton of skepticism. and i ll never forget the first day that allen came onboard, we had a press conference.
something they would be because of political correctness? yes. you read the pentagon report and it s shocking. eric holder goes before a house committee again, this isn t politics, this is the real world. goes for a house committee and is asked, do you think with the time square bomber, the detroit guy, the airplane guy, this has anything to do with radical islam? after all every time someone blows us into smitherines we hear the same thing. is holder says i don t know. that s a cop out. that s just a cop out. now, the positive things that can be done are for members of the muslim community to say that s not us, that s not what we believe. in my church, catholic church, we ve had a lot of problems. when those things came up with the priest, it s our obligation, absolutely, to condemn it and say this is not what we believe. and that, i think, is a burden on what you can do. that is a burden on every muslim.