I'm afraid it could be much, much worse. Maybe not in lives, but in imagery. If they took out the White House, the Capital Building or the Statue of Liberty, I think the liberals would change their tune in a quick hurry. Any of those attacks would be preferable to a dirty bomb in NY or LA that could kill tens of thousands.
I cannot see the liberal leopard changing its spots until something like that happens. I wish I could believe otherwise - but reality is reality.
I have come to believe that it will take a Democrat president to win this war. The Republicans will continue to pussyfoot until Iran vaporizes Tel Aviv(I no longer expect Israel to effectively defend itself). Domestic Security may well continue to keep the US unhit until the mohos finally attain something truly large or the US becomes totally alone and effectively walled off from the rest of the world which would lead to permanent depression and eventual social and political collapse. When a Democrat is in office after 08 with her Democrat Congress, the Domestic Security apparatus will be enhanced and turned against Christians and conservatives and gunowners and will pretty much be blinded the threat from Islam as Democrats are near totally blind to foreign affairs and believe that the paynim, because they hate America, are allies and truly appreciate the wonderfulness and the natural right and destiny to operate government of the Liberals and Democrats. The result will be several mega 9-11s. After the 3rd or 4th the Democrat will finally realize that the mohos really mean it. The Democrat will panic and rise up in terrible indignation at the stab-in-the-back by the folks she thought were friends and will launch against all sorts of targets, not necessarily all rationally chosen. The Islamic threat will be over but so will be the American economy and China will inherit the earth.