America the Beautiful

I found Dinesh D'Souza's essay, "America the Beautiful: What We're Fighting For," to be really interesting. I would agree with D'Souza, just like anything in life, America must be united to come out victorious. He mentions that "In order to win, Americans need to believe that they are on the side of the angels." Also saying further on, "Americans cannot succeed unless they are convinced that they are fighting on behalf of the good." I basically agree to this thinking. I believe that when America believes that our side is correct and good this is what unifies us and will ultimately bring us victory.
I found it very interesting how D'Souza brought up the point how far behind the Islamic world is. I have always thought of their wealth in oil, but I have never stopped to think how the world never sees any other contribution come from that area of the world.
Isn't amazing how a people can cause so much death and destruction in the name of God. That has never made sense to me. I just cannot imagine a God who would want His people to destroy another. I felt that D'Souza gave a lot of great information, however I would have liked him to go into a little further the view of non-fundamental Muslims. For example, if fundamental Muslims terrorize because what it said in the Koran, what is non-fundamental Muslims view. He touched a little on it, but it didn't leave me with a full understanding of their belief.