EdinVA wrote above:
[[ It remains unclear to me why the muslim issue has all of us standing around like a deer in the headlights...]]
Simple answer, Ed:
The West has lost its faith. Lost its faith in its God, faith in its own future, faith in its traditional values and mores, faith in the satisfaction of knowing that Western Civilization is superior to all the others. Not "equal" -- superior. (Aside: some in this forum might start quivering when the word "superior" is even brought up in such context.)
The islamics still have their "faith" (or whatever it is that motivates them to behave the way they do). It literally burns within them.
They have the will to win.
We do not.
Given those circumstances, who will eventually triumph?