AdvertisementThe Stakes: America and the Middle East36:17Download AudioEmbed on your websiteClose×Copy the code below to embed the WBUR audio player on your site<iframe width="100%" height="124" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://player.wbur.org/onpoint/2002/12/03/the-stakes-america-and-the-middle-east"></iframe>Copy embed codeResumeDecember 03, 2002facebookEmailThe US could take out Osama, dismantle Al Qaeda, and even defeat Iraq. But it still might not eliminate the Islamic terrorist threat. Author and Arabist, Shibley Telhami, on how changes in American policy can lead to peace.Guests:Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, author of "The Stakes: America and the Middle East"This program aired on December 3, 2002.