Bigshadow said:So it becomes a polite cold war of sorts?
Yes. Because eventually, the islamic nations who fund/support/look the other way in regards to terrorism will end up driving the US and others in the West away (assuming that we start ramping up our alternative energy...). This will be a disaster for the nations involved. Deprived of connections to us (our money), these nations would be forced to do what was neccesary in order to rebuild them.