Power in the hands of non-Muslims. Not all bad.
Unfortunately, that's the way we now have to look at it. It's civilization vs. barbarism - even if we have some disagreements with Russia and China and Europe on exactly how civilization should be structured.
The day of the Neocons and their Cold War fantasies ended on 9/11.
Power in the hands of aggressive, expansionist, totalitarian communists. Bad. Very Bad.