I disagree. This is the perfect time. Either we are indeed racists and think that all Arabs are our enemies (and if so, why is my son trying to establish a democracy in Iraq?) or we are not. It is time to show the Arab street that we mean what we say and that we trust our Arab allies.
....."Either we are indeed racists and think that all Arabs are our enemies (and if so, why is my son trying to establish a democracy in Iraq?) or we are not".......
No, not yet!
The arab neighbor cannot yet trust his arab neighbor, so we in the US become somewhat secondary in their internal disfunction.
We're getting there, but there must be trust among neighbors, before their can be trust on the block, in the city, in the region, in the country.
Only once there is internal stability can these untrusting people be brought out of their lifes' misery, and join the rest of the modern world.
Afganistan had made great progress, but I'm concerned about its backsliding and the return of the militants.
No, not yet my friend!