It is doubtful though.
"In our obsession with antagonisms of the moment, we often forget how much unites all the members of humanity. Perhaps we need some outside, universal threat to make us recognize this common bond. I occasionally think, how quickly our differences worldwide would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world. And yet, I ask is not an alien force ALREADY among us?" -Ronald Reagan to a full session of the United Nations-September 21, 1987 (Bold=my empasis)
He was no stranger to the Islamic threat -- the 'Alien Force --and it could well be that he was foretelling a condition that would unite the world as it prepares to rid itself of this menace to civilization.