The global capitalism/ Islamic culture conflict is one which there does seem to be no apparent common ground to appeal to, and in this respect, akenaton, I do fear for the future.
Doing things for the common good is also not part of any present political agenda, and this does not particularly bode well, as least in the short-term, neither.

I could not imagine pleasing/containing/appeasing every terrorist grouping on the planet, and as such, I suspect, there will always be some sort of terrorist threat out there.

But we are steadily being de-sensitised, and in time we will learn to live with our ever changing circumstances.

It will keep us from worrying about the minimum wage, the state of the health services. and so on.

(.... I have the television on in the background here, and I just heard a CNN interviewer asking an Iraqi lady, "What is it like going to bed at night, not knowing if you are going to wake up alive or dead, in the morning?")
It looked a bit like Christiane Amanpour, but I wouldn't swear to it!

Jim