The sheer numbers are against us on that concept. It's more likely that we will take the sword out of their hands when we no longer need Saudi oil.
The sheer numbers were against us in Japan too. Standing on ground zero at Hiroshima on Aug 2nd, 1967 gave me a real good perspective of what America is capable of. A few hundred million of them incinerated might make the rest of them learn to behave or to convert.