POLITICS V. DIPLOMACY

Secondary to POTUS' trip to the Middle East last week, there has been much televised political inquiry after the following fashion:"why [would] we have to reach out to the Muslim population" when "we were the ones attacked on September 11th". The simple answer: IT'S CALLED DIPLOMACY SECONDARY TO THE PURSUIT OF PEACE. I know... it's hard to pursue peace and your own personal power agenda at the same time. That's why you (Rush Limbaugh et al.) are not the President.