Cairo Speech

Barack,
I caught some of your speech in Cairo. Well done!! It's good to hear sense come from the mouth of a politician. I loved the inclusiveness and the caring for objective truth. I'm impressed by the no nonsense way you addressed the failings of all the players in the middle east, the US included. I applaud your call for honest dialogue.

If we put aside the hatreds and grievances of the past, we can achieve a peace and understanding. If we don't then we will continue to add to them, ad infinitum. The result, death and destruction. A result only the insane could wish for.

As in life, first we must accept the reality of our situation. There is no point in railing against the injustice of circumstance, or running around apportioning blame. What is done, is done.We must move forward, with the knowledge of the past to warn us of pitfalls,because we have no other choice. Let us not continue to make the mistakes of the past.There will be enough new mistakes to keep us busy, after all, none of us really KNOW what's going on, the best we can do is the best we can do.

You have my support. Ed