He took the mantle from the late Christopher Hitchens.
Defeating Islam is going to take a wide coalition of folks who frankly can’t stand each other, but will have to become temporary allies to defeat this plague.
Awesome statement. I recall reading about the fall of Constantinople (1453). One reason that great city fell to the muslim Turks is that the Venetians couldn't stand the Greeks, who couldn't stand the Hungarians, who couldn't stand the Byzantines, etc.
So the Europeans squabbled among themselves as the Turks advanced. The West cannot afford a second mistake such as that.