I'm not suggesting radical egalitarianism, OR gentle persuasion. That you got that idea most certainly rises from my flame-war with the previous denizens of this thread. I think Turkey may be a better example than the Soviet Union, since Russia certainly has her problems now. I fully support a muscular use of American force in the ME, and of our intelligence capabilities in rooting out the extremists at home and abroad. But I would much rather see Iraq end up as a Turkey than a Chechnya.
That sounds nice in principle, but could you support it in practice? One thing history tells us about islam is, by in large, it will break, but it won't bend.
That you've uncritically bought into the canard that Israel has any bearing on moslem behaviour whatsoever, thoughout history and throughout the world, still makes me wonder if you understand beating them on the battlefield is not enough.