If this sniper case is a little reminder of Saddam/Hitler's 'power'...it'll backfire. Americans aren't what he thinks, which is why he's so easy to play like a fiddle (I'll miss him when we do get around to killing him....it has been fun...almost a hobby) it'll be a bloodbath, at least here. People WILL go after Muslims in this country wherever we can find them, with bare fists if necessary...it'll be a bloodbath. The citizenry of other Western countries will eventually follow the pattern.
We're all based upon the same culture, after all, and THAT culture has nothing to do with moon gods, meteors OR mad Muhammads.