\"The true test of the strength of an army and a nation is not its willingness to kill for what it believes in, but its willingness to die for its beliefs. There is not a single Western [or Eastern European] nation that could field an Army of believers today. While the world can be destroyed by men pushing buttons, wars are won by dedicated soldiers in the field.
\"The death and destruction was wrought on America by about 20 soldiers. They accomplished more than all of the American smart bombs and missiles dropped on Iraq, and at a fraction of the price. In a head-on war between the Western powers and the Muslim world, the outcome is not at all predetermined. Unless the West overcomes its infantile attitude towards warfare and uses its weapons of mass destruction against the Arabs, it will lose and be destroyed by them.
\"It is the great blind spot of Western thinking that, because they do not take seriously ideas and religion any more, therefore no one else really takes such things seriously either. The Arabs and other Muslims truly believe in Islam and have shown time and time again that they are willing to kill and die for their belief. The idea that a Muslim will exchange his religion for Coca Cola and a hamburger is so detached from reality as to be comical. It, however, is the underlying concept in Western, especially American, foreign policy.\"
-- Aryeh Zelasko, Ma\'aleh Amos, eastern Judea, Israel