What Did He Say? Part I

Obama has condemned the speech given by Reverend Jeremiah Wright at the National Press Club on April 28th. This was Obama's reaction. -

I am outraged by the comments that were made and saddened over the spectacle that we saw yesterday... His comments were not only divisive and destructive, but I believe that they end up giving comfort to those who prey on hate and I believe that they do not portray accurately the perspective of the black church. They certainly don't portray accurately my values and beliefs. And if Reverend Wright thinks that that's political posturing, as he put it, then he doesn't know me very well. And based on his remarks yesterday, well, I may not know him as well as I thought, either.

There are Lefty bloggers applauding Obama for "finally" starting to show justified anger at Wright. Others regret that the crude racism of American politics and risks of the GOP frightening white voters made it necessary.

I'm asking again though about what he said. The man's words. What did he say that was so objectionable? Here is Obama's line up:

[W]hen he states and then amplifies such ridiculous propositions as the U.S. government somehow being involved in AIDS, when he suggests that Minister Farrakhan somehow represents one of the greatest voices of the 20th and 21st century, when he equates the United States wartime efforts with terrorism, then there are no excuses. They offend me. They rightly offend all Americans.

So there are three outrageous things:
1. U.S. government somehow involved in AIDS
2. Farrakhan is one of the greatest voices of the 20th and 21st century
3. Equating United States wartime efforts with terrorism

We'll take them one at a time.