To achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East takes guts, not guns.
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Reasonable, even intelligent people can, and frequently do, disagree on how best to achieve peace in the Middle East, but, peace must be the goal of our foreign policy tools, whether they be by the stick or by the carrot.
Peace in the Middle East isn't going to be created by another war or violent act on the other side.
The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill... its purpose is to reach a political goal.
It's particularly incumbent in the Middle East on Sunni Arab nations to fight for values, to fight for the protection of innocent life, to fight for the principles of civilization and stability and order itself.
It is not possible to create peace in the Middle East by jeopardizing the peace of the world.
No Arab ruler will consider the peace process seriously so long as he is able to toy with the idea of achieving more by the way of violence.
Guns are part of the American psyche, aren't they? This is collateral damage for having a Wild West mentality. It's intrinsic to the American psyche. It's never going to change.
How will decent people in the region ever believe in peace if Arab terrorists interpret every gesture of peace as a display of weakness and then act accordingly?
There can't be real peace without improving the integration of Arab society and making it part of the political game.
You will not really have durable peace without a proper security structure in the Middle East.