Following Islamist terrorist attacks both President Barack Obama (following the San Bernardino attack) and George W. Bush (after the &lt;a href="September%2011%20attacks"&gt;9/11 attacks&lt;/a&gt;) made a point of stating that the US was not at war with Islam, instead saying that they were at "war against evil" (Bush) and "people who have perverted Islam" (Obama).