Could the same happen to civilization as we know it against the onslaught of Islamo-Fascism (and their allies)?

I think so, yes. In a lot of ways and in a lot of places, it is already happening.

In many ways, Islamo-Fascism mirrors the cultural revolution of the 60s. At bottom is the desire for a change of the status quo. What is at bottom of the desire itself is a very complicated issue I won’t go into here.

As has been pointed out by Mr. Kimball on many occasions, the 60s live on in that many of its ideas, mores and so on, are now part and parcel of out “mainstream” culture.

What was once considered radical or outrageous is now so commonplace, it is taken for granted… it is considered “normal”.(Sixty year old men wearing Levis is a jejune but nevertheless picturesque example of this sort of thing).

Americans are notorious, especially with “foreign” issues, for not doing anything until they are forced to. (Notice the difference here with Russia – whether you agree with her or not, Russia’s immediate crushing of Georgian claims was laudable for its ferocity and finality).

Suicide bombings, plots etc are now so commonplace they barely make the newspapers. I can see a time when the blowing up of airliners is such a qoutidian occurrence, that it’ll be excused as terrorist “doing their own thing”, and we just have to “accept” it.

The only “answer” to this development would require such a change in the American character, attitudes etc. that it would take a “world event” for this change to take place.

It’s most discouraging.

The religious faith that has been driven out of our schools, our public institutions, our media and entertainment is the first line of defense against the terror of the Jihad. The reason secular Americans are so deranged in their anti-Americanism is that they are terrified, living in denial, and blaming their political rivals instead of their mortal enemies. The best way for the insane secularists to be happier is for them to embrace a real, non-progressive religion. Progressive churches, on the other hand, are just secularists in disguise.