[wolf78]

"There is a big difference between Hitler and these nutballs. Hitler had a realistic chance of pulling off world conquest.
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Nobody has yet pointed out to me any realistic scenario under which Osama and his morons conquer the world. Ain't gonna happen."

Well, I completely agree that Al-Qaeda doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell to actually pull this through.

I just wanted to point out that a small clique of lunatics can cause huge damage, if they play their cards well. After all, they managed to topple the Afghan government in the 1990s. In the long run I am absolutely sure that the west will prevail and islamic fundamentalism will fail the same way communism failed: Because freedom is stronger than ideologic hatred.

[Owl558]

"Because freedom is stronger than ideologic hatred."

This is what Bush keeps telling us and the Iraqi elections demonstrate. However, the left will surrender in a heartbeat and would have no problem betraying the west for short-term political gain. This is where the true danger of us losing lies, not in military defeat.

[AZLiberty]

The "realistic scenario" for Islamic domination is demographics. As long as "they" keep having more babies than "we" do, in our countries, and as long as they believe their interests supersede ours, there's a risk that we lose big-time.