[MegaSilver]

And in any event, there is never a bad time to tell those moon god worshipping, barbaric sand monkeys to stick it in their ears.

Most of them can probably be helped. It is the leaders, the radical upper and middle classmen, who probably cannot.

[TheConservator]

I don't think so. The problem with Islam is that the values it inculcates are fundamentally inconsistent with the values that underly western society and culture.

Islam could change. If it were to follow the Christian pattern, it would need to undergo a reformation, followed by two or three hundred years of intra-Muslim religious warfare, at the end of which the Islamic elite would conclude that wars of and over religion are pointless, and generally adopt the enlightenment policy of freedom of religious conscience.

However, that simply isn't going to happen given the availability of modern, sophisticated chemical /biological /nuclear weapons.

Unfortunately, what I predict will happen is that the Muslim fundamentalists will get around to nuking (or launching just as destructive bio or chem attacks on) several American/Western cities. After about the third attack, the west will finally realize that the only effective response is to completely and utterly destroy Muslim religion and culture. Which is what will then happen.