I think more than anything that this is a war of past and future. America and its allies represent the future of the human race on planet Earth. The Muslims have a very backward way of thinking. They come off as slaves to their religion, they have a poor outlook on outsiders, they treat their women horribly....these are all things that most societies have grown out of over time. The Muslims have not.
The Muslims have to come into the future. You know what the old saying is....if you say the hell with the future, then the future says the hell with you. The Muslims are doing exactly that.....thumbing their noses at the future. Well, the future is going to fuck them good unless they clean their heads out and beam into the 21st century with the rest of us.