Obama Appeases Muslim Countries -- is it Working?

Rick Santorum has written an interesting piece about Muslim acceptance of U.S. presidents under BHO and Bush -- "The Elephant in the Room: Islamism and appeasement; Obama is abandoning religious freedom to placate oppressive Muslim regimes." A summary of his article is provided below:

Obama has worked hard to make friends with our Muslim-country neighbors, much differently than what president George W. Bush did in 2008. A recent Gallup poll indicates that Obama's acceptance isn't working too well. For example, in Iraq, his approval is 30%, while Bush's was 35%. In Lebanon, both presidents rate the same at 25%. To Obama's credit, he has done somewhat better than Bush in Egypt at 19%, up from 6%, and in the Palestinian territories' at 16%, up from 13%.

Rick goes on to note that: "Our chances of making progress in the Middle East will improve as soon as President Obama understands the following brute fact: the hostility between the United States and increasingly radicalized Muslims is not about what we do, but what they believe."