We have not had a real war (defined as beating your enemy into submission by any means necessary and possible including genocide) since WWII.
This has been because we have not faced (or recognized) an existential threat since WWII.
We will have to be nuked by the islamofascists before the idiots who govern us realize the seriousness of our enemies.
So, face it...one of our cities (probably NY but I wouldn't be surprised to see it happen to any port city) is going to be destroyed within our lifetime. Sure hope it isn't one of yours or mine. And by "mine" I mean Houston because that is where all of my direct relations reside.
I said it on 9-11-2001 (because I already knew who bin Laden was and I guessed, correctly, that the attack was by muslims) that ultimately we are going to have to exterminate every last one of them. I said it because I already fully understood the threat, that the enemy...this enemy...is not one which can be reasoned with. They cannot be pacified. There is no coexistence with them.
I have no desire to exterminate another group of human beings but I will do that, I will conscience it, because I know without a doubt that they will kill or enslave me and everyone like me. Their religion demands it. That is an existential threat...no different than looking down the barrel of a loaded gun. It is what Israel has faced for decades. It is what we will soon be facing here. It is what our children and grandchildren will be forced to deal with.
There are no moderate or "peaceful" muslims. There are only muslims who have yet to become murderous jihadis. Because when the murderous jihadis make their presence known, the moderate and "peaceful" muslims don't stand up against them but rather fall in line. At best the "peaceful" muslims give their tacit approval by not objecting to murder and destruction. At worst, they participate...willingly and gleefully yelling and screaming "Alu Akbar!"
I would no sooner turn my back on a muslim than I would go to sleep in a room with a rattlesnake. Both are potential existential threats. At some point we will have no choice but to go on a rattlesnake safari for realsies.