Israel's success in building a modern economy within a democratic setting holds a mirror to the Arab-Muslim world's abject failure to meet demands of the modern world withreasonableness.
What is missing on the Arab side, in particular with Palestinians, is reasonableness, a quality amply demonstrated by Jews despite the anguish of their tragedy and the rightness of their claims to statehood.
Boehner made the classic political mistake of thinking that a display of reasonableness would charm the opposition and becalm the base with its rewards.