Gennady Stolyarov II is Editor-in-Chief of The Rational Argumentator posits that very question:
So who is weaker — the West or the Islamists? Only time can tell. Will the Islamists run out of their paltry stock of men and resources before the leftists manage to cripple the West? Or will an incessant barrage of centralization and government control in the West eradicate all of its military and economic advantages over the Islamists and enable a few weak, desperate fanatics to bring down the most prosperous and civilized society the world has ever seen?
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