The struggle for the future of the world goes deeper than "the West" trying to persuade "Muslim moderates" to disavow the tactics of a bunch of extremists. It should be obvious by now that there is a deep, fundamental difference over the very idea of self-government. The two views -- one based on bottom-up change and a healthy tolerance for dissent, the other top-down, religiously informed and brooking no disagreement -- cannot easily co-exist, if they can at all. That's the truth a lot of people don't seem to want to talk about.
