Why can moderates not succeed against extremists in the ME? The fight is on everywhere. The Iranian people are fed up with their totalitarian regime. The struggle is manifesting itself in Lebanon, in Somalia, in Afghanistan, in Thailand and elsewhere.
There is no other choice for the civilized world but to support these moderates with rapid globalization occurring.
They must succeed and we need to do our part.
If radical Muslims are such a small component of the Islamic world, then "our part" should include nothing more than dropping 25 million AK-47s and a billion rounds of ammunition on a country like Iraq, and letting these people establish their own democratic country.