You overestimate and put way too much faith in the majority of Americans. Our military is strong. Our government, our citizens, our culture, all are way too Americanized to deal with the extremists. They do not get the simplicity of what these people stand for. They will kill all of us, period, and will not stop. This isn't short term, but long. They will not quit. Also, you don't underestimate the enemy, and you are. Sooner or later, they will hit us with a nuke, not a question of if, but, when.
This whole situation can be summed up with the Jack court room scene in A Few Good Men. People can't handle the bad and sometimes barbaric things one must do to survive. Self preservation is a much embedded human instinct, it's simple. So is the simplicity with which these animals exist, for one reason, one reason only, to kill all of us who simply don't think like they do.
Toleration is great if both sides can abide, these crazies don't care to tolerate us. They want us dead. I don't think the average American can stomach having to survive or is willing to die for their beliefs as these extremists do and are showing us. So, who wants it more, who's willing to sacrifice the ultimate? They are, the idiots like obumba and the lg's of this country don't stand a chance against these people.