Posted by
EWRoss on Monday, June 01, 2009 7:00:00 AM
When Barack Obama gives his speech in Cairo Thursday he should show his respect for Islam, Muslims, and Arabs without apologizing for American actions in the Muslim world over the past 100 years. He should remind them that the US has come to the defense of Muslims in Bosnia, Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan and to their rescue after the Tsunami in Southeast Asia, as it has for people in need around the world. He should tell them that the US seeks a just settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but the US will never ask Israel to sign its own death warrant by agreeing to a peace settlement that ultimately will lead to the destruction of the State of Israel. He should ask them to look inward. Have they done everything they could to help solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Finally, he should ask them to look forward, speaking out strongly for freedom, democracy and human rights and sending a clear message to Mubarak and others autocratic Muslim leaders.