A Moment In The Sun — Before the Setting?

SEE HERE Pat Buchanan produces a trenchant assessment of the rise of a new Islamic identity.  The question of whether it will persist or go into eclipse is fundamental to the overall state of the world.  Europe is in decline.  The other nations of the West may well follow, but it is not clear whether Islam has any staying power.  The fact that none of the Islamic countries is in the top 30 educationally doesn't bode well.  They are alive because they float on oil.  It is unclear that wealth in the form of oil will fuel a sustained resurgence.