Obama’s Speech a Start to Repairing Muslim Relations
as Obama himself seemed to acknowledge, his speech won't have a shelf life of more than a few days unless it is accompanied by real policy changes. There have been some signs of that, notably the administration's stark rhetoric toward Israel about freezing West Bank settlements and the president's commitment to withdraw from Iraq by the end of 2011. But this is really only the beginning. For if Obama's outreach is ever to amount to anything more than ... Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
Obama indeed needs to act, and telling Israel it must get out of the West Bank and the Golan Heights is a good starting point. Pulling all US forces out of Iraq (including scores of thousands of mercenaries) asap would be another good move. Normalizing relations with Iran and Syria would also make excellent sense.