Take for example the Air Egypt crash. A typical secular-appearing, "westernized" pilot is being sent home to face the music on some minor scandal. Instead, he dives a jetliner into the ocean, killing 100s.
And ANY muslim might decide on the sudden jihad option, at any time. A lifetime of drinking and whoring is automatically excused by committing jihad murder.
It seems to me that he is saying that there are less literal forms of islam that we should be encouraging for tactical reasons i.e. they are a weapon against the islamic extremist fundamentalists.