Awful story! I remember reading an account of that years ago, and I could scarcely believe it.
I honestly don't know what it's going to take for the West to get more aggressive. I'd be all in favor of the conciliatory approach, which the Pope apparently supports, if Muslims would just accept it as what it is: live and let live. But the Muslim world always regards that as a sign of weakness, which in turn means to them that it is time to attack.
Of course, the fact that they get this from their very scriptures might have something to do with it. In other words, it's hard-wired into their religion, and the only time they are not attacking non-Muslims is when they are too weak to do so. After a lull of a few decades, modern weaponry and lots of oil money has made them feel they are no longer too weak to attack us.
I meant to ping you to #152. Sorry.
I don't think the West can get more aggressive without a new religious conversion. The West believes in secularism, which essentially elevates surrender-in-the-face-of-impasse to a virtue.