[Gordongekko909]

I agree with you, but I'd take it a step further: if wanting something better for oneself is what leads to extremist ideology (like communism being a path to affluence for Rosenberg), then Muslim extremists would be overthrowing their theocracies left and right in an effort to be more like the United States, not attacking us.

Islamofascism is not communism; communism is (nominally) a materialist ideology, while Islamofascists actually dislike Western "opulence" (or at least claim to; methinks there's some jealousy involved). Different breed of cat.

[MirrorField]

The basic dynamic is same. Instead of powerty, muslim extremists are fighting perceived corruption and immorality. And instead of future socialist paradise, they're fighting for paradise in afterlife. Same cat under different fur pattern.