The best way for the West to subvert Islam, emasculating its world wide terror abilities, is for the West to become independent of the Islamic world for its energy needs. No money, no terror. They go back to sitting around, sipping tea.
We've had nearly 40 years to become energy independent. We have the means and the resources in the West. That we haven't proves the vast disconect the Western ruling class has with reality. That we haven't proves the vast disconect the average citizen has with what it is that guarantees his freedom. That is the single major imperative to changing out our "leaders" from the sycophantic fools we now have.
Every political and economical problem the West confronts is tied up in energy. The word itself is the root, the foundation of everything having to do with life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Always has, always will.
To be free and at liberty, energy must be expended. It's time the real discussion begin. So far it hasn't. If I was running for national office, energy independence would be my single issue. It is the only thing I would talk about and show how it affects everything in the modern world. Without energy, nothing happens.