Obama: "What I said is nobody around the world takes seriously the idea that the rebels perpetrated this attack."

In an interview with ABC's George Stephanopolous, President Barack Hussein Obama said this:

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS:

–in this. And, you know, even in this op-ed, which has stirred up a lot of controversy here in United States, he said, “There’s every reason to believe that the rebels are the ones who used the chemical weapons.” So does that tell you he’s willing to lie to protect Assad?

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA:

Well, nobody around the world takes seriously the idea that the rebels– were the perpetrators of this—

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS:

He wrote it in The New York Times.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA:

Well, I understand. What I said is nobody around the world takes seriously the idea that the rebels perpetrated this attack. Now what is true is that there are radical elements in the opposition– including folks who are affiliated with al-Qaeda, who, if they got their hands on chemical weapons, would have no compunction using them in Syria or outside of Syria.

I'd like to remind everyone of something else that President Barack Hussein Obama said:

Today, we must affirm that our future will be determined by people like Chris Stevens, and not by his killers. Today, we must declare that this violence and intolerance has no place among our United Nations.

...That is what we saw play out the last two weeks, as a crude and disgusting video sparked outrage throughout the Muslim world. I have made it clear that the United States government had nothing to do with this video, and I believe its message must be rejected by all who respect our common humanity. It is an insult not only to Muslims, but to America as well