Let us consider Somalia, Vietnam, and the current War on Terror in terms of the Territorial Imperative vs. Stockholm Syndrome behaviors.
Both Somalia and Vietnam involved US military involvement in a foreign territory. Thus, the US being inherently Territorial oriented felt wrong in the gut at being there. This made the US people willing to get out as soon as sustained resistance became apparent.
To a Stockholm Syndrome oriented person the US retreat from Vietnam and Somalia represents a subordinate in the pecking order bowing to fear. The real US gut dislike of violating another peoples territory did not enter into the thinking.
Thus the fundamental misunderstanding of US psychology which has led to Islamic Terrorism against the US. Not understanding how important Territoriality is to US gut emotions they could not realistically evaluate the effect that terrorist acts on US soil, violating US territoriality would have.
They anticipated that attacking the US on US soil would terrify the US into submission. Instead such attacks such as Pearl Harbor and the Twin Towers outrage the US as violations of US territory.
The same psychological artifact which makes the US awkward in wars involving other peoples territory makes them adamant in wars defending their own territory.
This psychology, based as it is on mutual respect of territoriality is alien to Stockholm Syndrome societies, like that of Terrorist Islam.
It is alien and incomprehensible to them.
The outrage against Israel in Islam is not so much territorially as pecking order driven. Islam became dominant very rapidly early in its history, and while tolerant in the early years of other religions, they were and remained for a millenium or so at the top of the pecking order in Islamic territories.
They are outraged at violation of the pecking order status of Muslims by non-Muslims. While there are territorial disputes involved, the psychology of the struggle is not primarily territorial but pecking order.
Since their world view involves Islam as the highest authority in the world at the top of the Pecking Order, they cannot comprehend anything like non-Muslims having human rights. All 'rights' of non-Muslims are the charity of the strong to the weak. When the weak demand them as rights instead of charity, they become outraged at the arrogance and viciousness of the ungrateful weak. This results in terrorist attacks on the 'weak'. Muslim employers in the US have been known to deny their employees the right to eat ham, while demanding respect for their own religion. This is the one sided psychology of pecking order behavior. The strong have rights the weak do not.
Since, in the real world, Islam is weak and non-Muslims strong, there is going to be a considerable shock for Islam over the next few decades. They will not be able to comprehend reality until it is driven home with the muzzle of a gun. Muslim terrorists live in a fantasy world in which Allah will provide them with miraculous victories over the Infidel. Their faith is not based on the belief that Allah sent Muhammed to be a prophet providing guidance in the Koran and Sharia for men to live better lives.
Their belief lies in the idea that Allah guarantees miraculous military triumph to Islam.
Muhammed, however, did come to give guidance for better lives. His warfare was largely reluctant and forced on him. The early Jihads were largely accidental and unintentional. In worshipping military victory and personal vanity instead of focusing on using the teaching of Muhammed to live better lives, the terrorists are worshiping false idols and not true Muslims.
If Allah exists, I doubt he will be giving any military aid to people who worship their own pride and vanity instead of him. If Allah exists, the he would probably be using the West to humble the pride of these men, rather than strengthening their pride and vanity with undeserved victories.
Regardless of the questionable existence of Allah, things look bad for Islam over the next few decades. Pecking order psychology destroys freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and thus cripples industry, science, and the other things which make the West mighty and powerful.
Until Islam reforms it will be unable to face or even comprehend the West.
