This schizophrenic approach is nothing more than Chamberlain appeasement warmed over. On the one hand, try to convince Muslims not to become radicals and on the other hand blame our own actions in Iraq for why they are becoming radicals. How about trying to convince the islamic world that as long as they continue to support terrorism against the west they will continue to suffer from the inevitable retaliation from the victims of their attacks. If we learned anything from the 80s and 90s it should be that talk is cheap and accomplishes nothing except to convince radical muslims we are weak and unwilling to fight back. Right now, the radical muslim world is having to come to terms with the fact that we are going to fight back and fight back hard. What we need is a semi-public debate on what steps we will take if another 9/11 occurs. The retaliation should be swift and overwhelming, and they need to be convinced it is coming.
This is enabling muslims to keep always blaming others for their problems, instead of a long hard look in the mirror.