My wife sent me this article a couple of weeks ago.
This is a log of our email discussion afterwards - to understand the islamist motivations:

ME: This is the most ridiculous analysis and article that I have read in a long time. Thanks Rochelle for the daily dose of humor. Your buddy Feiglin should distance himself from wackos like this. I fear for him though, that these people represent the vast majority of his constituencies. Too bad.

WIFE: I agree that the closing statements are a little messianic- but I would appreciate an explanation as to why the analysis of the situation is "ridiculous" and provides you with your "daily dose of humor" (no more dilbert?)

ME: Dilbert is much more real than this load of #$@&We are not fighting a religious war. This war - which is global - is not against muslims, but against islamic facism. It is not about God. Ours or theirs. It is about power. Arafat was not frum at all. He had the kafiah for political purposes. Syria is not frum at all. They are 100% secular. Iran is somewhat frum, but not the trouble makers. Ahmadinejad is secular. Egypt, Jordan, etc. - are secular states. Iraq was secular. It is a war of propaganda and power. And we are losing, since they have time, the mobility, flexibility, scalability and, most importantly, the will.
Specifically with the current war with Hezbalah:
Bottom line, victory is very different for Israel and Hezbollah. This is a lose-lose Israeli situation and a win-win Hezbollah situation. Hezbollah cannot beat Israel, they can only terrorize it. And Israel cannot 100% uproot Hezbollah without destroying it at the choke point - Syria and Iran. Therefore, this battle is a sure win for Hezbollah and global terrorism in general, and a sure loss for Israel and the free world in general.

WIFE: Spoken like a true 'realist'
Please explain your words "this war is not against muslims but against Islamic fascism". I'm not asking sarcastically , but really do not understand. These leaders may not be "frum" but what is their goal? For Islam to rule the world. They are fighting a religious war. Every attack is carried out in the name of g-d. If this is just lip service - what is their goal? What is their goal in firing missiles into Israel - if not to kill jews and be rewarded by allah? I agree that the situation is not good for us - because their will is greater. They do not care if they die or if many others on their side die - because of their beliefs! If we do not really know why we are here - or why this land is important to us - then their will is greater. This is what Manhigut Yehudit is trying to instill in people - an appreciation of their jewish heritage, and Torah values - in order to strengthen us and our will.
I agree that most of these leaders are secular and are just after world power. But what motivates their soldiers are purely religious motives.

ME: Rochelle, Rochelle...
As Rabbi Wein always says - people, individuals make history. The leaders of the Arab world control their feudal society via propaganda. Today the focus may be religious, but that is just semantics. Hitler's propaganda was not religious, And he was even more effective in creating loyal killing machines. Japan invented suicide bombing without any religious angle. The communist leaders - the ultimate athiests - were the same. The leaders want power, and now the Arabs have it. They have the world by the short and curlies, since the population is so large and the % of oil production is so large. That is it.
(Parenthetically, from an economic perspective, there is only one world super power left. There were a few 20-60 years ago. Those countries, mainly Russia, Spain, France, and others, have strong economic ties. Up and coming super powers, mostly China, have strong economic ties to the Arab countries. This expands the Arab global influence and power).
The great thing about religion (and also communism) is that it is an idealogy and therefore has no borders. Loyal Al Qaida soldiers can be from Indonisia, India, Chechnia, Gaza, or 7 shfartzas from Miami. Fantastic strategy. Capitalism, westernism, etc. is an idealogy of selfishness. No concept of 'cause'. Therefore, only the US and a bit of the UK is fighting this global war. We do not have the 'no border' rule for troops. The free world is not together. Israel is only joining in when it hits its borders. Spain, Australia, Bali, India, etc - treat it like a crime not a war. So do the democrats in the US. So do some left wing in Israel.


Why Israel is Losing the War -- and How They Can WIN!
by: Shmuel Sackett
International Director, Manhigut Yehudit
Av 5766 (July, 06)

Ever wondered why the same Israeli army that defeated Egypt, Syria and Jordan in 1967 in just 6 days cannot end a 13 year Intifada?
Ever wondered how IDF commandos traveled thousands of miles to Uganda in 1976 to rescue hostages in Entebbe but can't figure out how to cross the street to save three soldiers?
Arab soldiers used to tremble when they saw a soldier. Now they laugh.
Arab pilots used to shake in fear at the thought of flying near the Israeli air force. Now unmanned drones, kassam missiles and katyusha rockets kill dozens of people.
What happened? When did the Arab world become so powerful and the Jews so weak?
You know when? When they switched the fight from "land" to "God".
In 1967 the secular Arabs fought the secular Jews over land. That's a war Israelis know how to fight. But for the last 13+ years the religious Arabs have been fighting the secular Jews over God. This war, is something the Israelis don't want and, frankly, don't know anything about.
Don't believe me? Let's examine some terms:
Before every suicide bomber blows himself up -- in his attempt to take 20 Jews with him -- he screams "Allah Akbar". It means "God is great".
Yassir Arafat, of cursed memory, always used the term "Jihad". It means "Holy war".
The word "Hizzbolah" means "Army of God".
The fighting arm of the Fatah is called "The Al Aksa Brigade" named after their mosque on our holiest -- yet virtually forgotten -- site.
The Arabs know exactly what they are fighting for. They do not want land. The recent katyusha rockets on Tzefat is not because they want to move close to the holy Ari's ritual bath. The rockets on Meron are not because they want a good spot near the burial site of ancient Sage Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. They are not interested in living in Tiberias, Carmiel or even Haifa.
The kassam missiles from Gaza are not because they want to occupy Sderot, Netivot or Ashkelon.
They are fighting God.
Read that line again. They are fighting God. The Creator Himself is under attack. Don't think the katyushas, which started on the 17th of Tammuz, was a coincidence. Hizzbolah knows exactly what they are doing. They are continuing the fight started by Titus. They are the Haman of today. They are Amalek. And the existing Israeli leadership doesn't have a clue...
What is needed to end this war and bring victory to the Jewish people is leadership that understands what the fight is all about. Israel needs leaders who are connected to God and who are willing to do whatever it takes to sanctify His great and holy Name.
The last thing Ehud Olmert and Shimon Peres want is a religious war against the Arabs. The last thing Defense Minister Amir Peretz understands is how to fight Arabs who are motivated by religious beliefs. These men know how to fight Jews who are spiritually driven but not Arabs. They had no problem supporting and orchestrating the betrayal of Jewish land a year ago and have sworn allegiance to the flag of disengagement. But fighting religious oriented Arabs? Admitting that this war is really against Islam and not just some crazy guys in Gaza and South Lebanon? Be willing to remove the desecration on the Temple Mount in response to missiles in Haifa? Enact communal punishment against the cheering, Hizzbolah flag-waving mobs in Ramallah and Jenin? Never! The Olmert-Peretz-Peres team will never do that. They would rather sacrifice pure, innocent Jewish soldiers in some crazy ground war than fight in the name of the God of Israel.
This is why we are losing. After 2,000 years God returned the Temple Mount to the Jewish People and we threw it back in His face. After 2,000 years God gave us back the entire Promised Land and we chose to remain in Teaneck, Cedarhurst and Beverly Hills. After 2,000 years God gathered the exiles from the four corners of the earth in order to build a Jewish State in Israel and we turned it into a European metropolis with bars, discos and MTV. This is exactly what the prophet Jeremiah: "I brought you into a fruitful land, to eat its fruit and bounty but you came and contaminated my land... My people have exchanged its glory for something of no avail... they have forsaken Me."
This is why the IDF has become a non-entity. This is why the Arabs are laughing at us. Little "Palestinian" kids throw rocks and soldiers run away. Young Arab men wrap their faces in kaffiyas and send chills down the spine of Israelis and some insignificant coward named Nassralah, who is "bravely" hiding beneath 50 tons of steel enforced concrete sends over 1,000,000 Jews running like mice into bomb shelters.
With God's help, this will all change very soon. New leaders will take over Israel who truly believe in "Hashem Tzevakot" (the name used to describe God with great military might). New leaders, whose every fiber of their being is used to sanctify His great and holy Name, will soon lead the country according to authentic Jewish values and finally, the old Jew will return to lead the IDF. This will be the Jew who fights like Moses, Joshua and King David. This Jew serves God, takes no prisoners and works tirelessly at permanently eradicating evil from the world.
When this happens... when Jews truly understand their place in the world and accept upon themselves the yoke of the Kingdom of Heaven, the famous verse from the Scroll of Esther will once again come to reality; "And the Jews struck at all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, slaughtering and annihilating, they treated their enemies as they pleased." May that great and awesome day happen soon. Am Yisrael Chai!