Obama in Cairo

Obama's speech in Cairo was masterful. An American President told it like it is, ignoring domestic politics, false sensitivity and hypocrisy.
He asked the contending factions in the East and West to recognize their common
humanity, set aside partisan parochial interests and compromise on the goal of a better life for all.
To reach that goal everyone would need to abandon Alphonse-Gaston behavior; "after
you Alphonse, no after you Gaston", so neither passes through the door. Perhaps a
neutral party could arrange a simultaneous compromise so both make
the passage at the same moment. Once on the other side the obvious benefit would generate its own momentum.
An obstacle to this happy result has been the "camel in the tent" syndrome. Israelis have learned that concessions to the Arabs are absorbed as in a sponge; as a down payment on more in the gradual erosion of the Jewish state. The Arabs think in terms of centuries, the West in decades. It is not only the Jews that must be expelled from Arab lands, it is all unclean infidels. If Israel falls, Lebanon is next, then Pakistan goes Taliban. From where would the U. S. mount a counter offensive?
Our highly developed, densely populated nation is particularly vulnerable
to Pakistani nukes in the hands of fanatics. Their societies are much less vulnerable. And their culture of death accepts the consequences as a passport
to Paradise.
Until there is a deep seated and sincere change of heart among the Arabs, we face
a choice of Confrontation from a position of strength or Accommodation and eventual defeat. Where is a Solomon when we need him?