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Lawrence Auster, at the View From the Right, says this about fighting Muslims:
In the end, our refusal to face the truth about Muslims, our flattery of non-moderate Moslems as "moderates," will convince them that we are saps lacking the wit and will to defend ourselves, which will increase their aggression against us. Like the Marxist dream with its 150 years on the road to nowhere, our dream of a moderate Islam will inevitably collapse one day, and the price might be nearly as high.Wars are not only fought doggedly, but also with imagination. I think that is what Larry Auster means with his phrase "wit and will." We need to use our creative forces to fight off each enemy, since every enemy is a new monster, with its own rules, history, strategies, weaknesses and strengths. "Wit" implies that we study and understand this, rather than attack through relentless "will." Both, I think, are necessary in warfare.
Our new enemy, the Muslims, have gone far with will so far. Theirs is a relentless, ever-moving bulldozing. I don't see them using much wit in their tactics. We need to surprise, unsettle and unnerve them with our wit, then strategically use our will to vanquish them.