The underlying lesson of September 11 is that the United States can no longer defer the hard decisions. The overwhelming tragedy of the attacks has provided a mandate to change business as usual in American foreign policy and work on constructing a positive and enduring relationship between the United States and the Islamic world.

Keywords:
Al, Qaeda, democratization, Islam, Israel, madrassah, Middle, East, Palestinian, reform
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