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Abstract
The negative side of the mixed picture of the Middle East presented in this analysis depicts a region in which the Arab–Israeli conflict is only one of the problems that coexist with misrule, fanaticism, economic underdevelopment, and social and cultural oppression. Accepting the conclusion that the fight there is an ideological one will enable the next president to persuade other states to join the United States in defeating Islamism on the political battlefield where it can experience a level of defeat similar to that which ended the rule of Soviet communism. What the new president needs and should strive to obtain are a population united in support of fulfilling that overarching goal, a clear vision of effective foreign policy objectives, and bipartisan support for his policies.