Though this particular situation is from Israel, the mindset is shared by the leadership in the United States government in both major parties, and by most of the Western countries in general:
JERUSALEM - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak told the Egyptian government the Jewish state is willing to forfeit control over the Temple Mount - Judaism's holiest site - to the management of Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority, according to an Arab media report.
Capitulating to your enemies, especially enemies who have a pathological, homicidal hatred of your people is not a winning strategy. It is national suicide. People who want to put your people's collective neck under their boot while they rape your women and enslave your children do not have legitimate concerns or points of view. They have only one legitimate position in life: on the receiving end of a bayonet the moment they enter your territory.
...the receiving end of a bayonet the moment they enter your territory.
You have something against nukes?
I am a tad squeamish about deploying them on American soil to take out mere terrorists...