Their leadership generally does not subscribe to that philosophy.
One thing I've also noticed is that Islamokazis generally go for an instantaneous and thus relatively painless death: bombs and the occasional plane crash.
Arab Muslims may not fear death, but they do try to avoid pain and humiliation. This may suggest an approach.
As far as Islamists getting nukes, Wretchard over at Belmont Club blob had a convincing argument about how the US response would have no choice in how to respond
The so-called strengths of Islamic terrorism: fanatical intent; lack of a centralized leadership; absence of a final authority and cellular structure guarantee uncontrollable escalation once the nuclear threshold is crossed. Therefore the 'rational' American response to the initiation of terrorist WMD attack would be all out retaliation from the outset.I would encourage people to look at the article. Essentially, once Islamists have WMD capability, and the ability to continue WMD attacks indefinitely, the US has two choices: surrender, or the complete and total extermination of Islam
You are right there are things they "value".
One thing I have noticed was that when all the shooting is about to start, the higher ups move their many wives and children to a location away from the battle, if they can afford to do so.
So, no matter how zombie-like these Islamofacists are they have some feeling for immediate family.
That's why complete annihilation maybe something they understand and want to avoid.
If the American people feel that the total extermination of Islam is too distasteful and option to even consider, then we will go the way of the Do Do bird.
A people must either do what is necessary to survive or they will not survive, nor do they deserve to survive.
That's a great link. Thanks for posting.