“We are to blame. “
What do you mean “we?” If you mean “we” Republicans, yeah, Republican elected officials acted like elected officials. If you mean “we” conservatives, it is only because we conservatives put up with it.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus