One could argue America herself is starting down the same path. We are getting softer by the day, with an unbelievable number of citizens unable to see or admit to the threat. The US can't continue to throw stones until we show our own by fighting this war tooth and nail. Lord forgive me for suggesting this as well, but I fear we will need to suffer another serious attack on our own soil to snap out of it.
While I completely understand your sentiment (and can certainly agree when it comes to the 'blue Staters')....all I need do is look at my eldest, a son who is a 1st Lt. in the Army currently serving as a Stryker platoon leader in Mosul, Iraq......or my nephew, soon to be serving in-country with Special Forces.......and know that there are still PLENTY of Americans, young and old, who understand the threat and want to defend this country with their very lives.
I am also sure that there are plenty in France and Canada, despite my jibes, who feel the same way.....yet their voices are completely drowned out in those countries. They also appear to be an insignificant minority, which I find supremely sad. You'd think the French would, at a minimum, remember (collectively, as a nation) what it was like to lose their freedom. I guess not.