[68skylark]

However, he himself fails if he believes that Islam will be content with another Cold War or stalemate situation.

Wretchard has written about this very extensively (and persuasively).

He says there's no way the Islamic world will be content with a cold war-type stalemate. If he doesn't make that point clear in this particular essay, it's probably only because he's made that point so often in his other writing. (I could provide you with links if you're really interested in this.)

[livius]

Thanks, I thought he was being uncharacteristically optimistic on this point. Yes, do send links.