[frogjerk]

if that is so, it is time for Muslims to organise against those who preach resentment in the name of their religion, and who regard the crimes of last Thursday as virtuous deeds, performed with God's blessing, in a holy cause.

Ain't gonna happen...

I believe it's akin to asking Germany or Japan to surrender in WWII. We had to firebomb one and use the Atomic bomb on the other. IMHO, they will not surrender until they are thoroughly beaten and humiliated.

[Physicist]

I believe it's akin to asking Germany or Japan to surrender in WWII.

It's worse than that: Germany and Japan had, at least militarily, entirely rational reasons for behaving as they did. Both countries had a legitimate shot at grabbing and holding huge and powerful empires over a fair chunk of the globe. Unlike al Qaeda, they weren't entirely incapable of listening to reason.

[Cronos]

If you are comparing Isslam to either the Nazi or Imperial Japanese Empire, you are WRONG. It is far, far, worse and has been around a lot longer -- 1400 years to be precise, during which it has slaughtered at least half a billion people.