Clash of civilizations: the world as it is

Great article by Ayaan Hirsi Ali on how there is currently a clash of civilizations and unless the West wants to be demolished, we'd better start promoting our civilization as aggressively as the Islamists are promoting theirs. As Ms. Ali points out, right now we're doing squat:

"But divide and rule cannot be our only policy. We need to recognize the extent to which the advance of radical Islam is the result of an active propaganda campaign. According to a CIA report written in 2003, the Saudis invested at least $2 billion a year over a 30-year period to spread their brand of fundamentalist Islam. The Western response in promoting our own civilization was negligible."