I guess Joseph Farah is drinking the Glenn Beck, fear-mongering kool-aid...
Sure, the Islamists are becoming more radical then ever, but rather than look at the reasons why and what options we have, they look at Gaza, Hezbollah, and Khomeni's Iran, and say "Holy S$*!", we'd better go in and take them out. Start talking about historical events (Shah of Iran, OBL getting US arms and $$, etc.) and it's like they stick their fingers in the ears...
Look, Israel pulled out of Gaza, and now Fatah and Hamas are killing each other. GENIUS!! Oh wait, that's right. No oil in Gaza....forgot. And if we were all thriving on nuclear power and electric cars, we wouldn't be stuck in Iraq either. WMD search complete, Kurds freed, Saddam dead, looks like we're done.
People will not prescribe to a war that simply protects our economic interests, because they know that it is not a "just war". However, paint the right picture of the enemy, and America will pull out the yellow ribbons. This is where the Glenn Beck's, Lieberman's, and Limbaugh's come in.
I had this debate with a family member, and finaly asked him why haven't we declared war against Islam. Based on the reasoning, Isn't that the enemy?? Again, another illogical end result that he couldn't even answer...