When you stop to think why there is a this war between radical Islam a Western Ideals, I think a lot has to do with the male ego. First of all, not many women are fighting or are involved in this fight. I really think that what is at war is Western ideals of Freedom, Democracy, and the role of women as equals to men in every way. These Muslim societies are trying to hold on to a Middleages mentality. The last thing they want is for woman to be equal or have power or jobs. The last thing they want is for other groups that have been powerless or poor for hundreds of years to gain power or be seen on equal political footing. Western ideals and basic progress prevents this. Consider the tragedy of the Holocaust- How many Jews do you see blowing themselves up in Germany or other places in suicide protest? If a society is focused on doing things that better humankind, their society will become better, they will grow in education and jobs, but if a society is focussed on death, dictatorship, slavery, that is where they will end up.