[Jack Moroney (RIP)]

I never said it was a Global War Against Islam but a Global War For Islam waged by muslim fundamentalists using everything and anything they can to show the non-fundamentalists that the non-Muslim world is powerless to stop them. It will only become a Global War Against Islam if and when the fundamentalists do in fact co-opt the religion and purify it to suit their view of the world. At that point we non-Muslims are all infidels and present a target rich environment because co-existence between fundamentalists and infidels is not a possibility.

I also did not say that it was Us vs Them, what I said was that the depth of this movement goes far and beyond what you see on the surface with the overt acts of "terrorism". Like any counter-insurgency effort the Us has to use the military in a supporting role to allow the actions (economic, informational, diplomatic, cultural, etc) necessary to remove or resolve the real or perceived problems that are allowing those who would wish to co-opt the religion for their personal agenda. Military action by itself can only surpress problems and/or provide temporary security to allow other activities that are needed to resolve problems and create security to defeat the insurgency.