In any case, the arcane beliefs of those two don't matter. The question is why they get recruits. Islamists can only recruit suicide bombers and other recruits because we have troops in the region. It is revealing that there are no anti-U.S. suicide bombers in Darfur, Chad, or Nigeria. Why? The logical answer is that we have no troops there. If we did, they'd be attacking us. The best way to take the wind of the sails (and dry up their recruits) is to quit trying to meddle in every knook and cranny of that region.
They don’t have to be in the same room in order for them both to account us enemies. After all, we and the Soviets fought against a common foe even though—as soon was apparent—we were natural enemies. Obviously, they have different notions of the triumph of Islam, but they could wait to fight it out until the “infidel “ is vanquished.
As to the suicide bombers, you use whatever weapons come to hand. If you can’t stand toe to toe with the enemy on the battlefield, you use other means.
As to the budget, well, maybe Obama will abandon the fight because he figures on busting the budget for another purpose—a huge expansion of the welfare state. As we can see from the result of Brown’s action in Britain that doesn’t leave much for war.