For the moment, but the radical nutjobs are fast taking over; it's just a matter of time before they're in control there too, using a mixture of political action, terror, and assassination.
Don't just rely on Hitchens for your information.
Every time Islam gets more “moderate,” mostly by being forced to share space with another culture that it cannot entirely eradicate for one reason or another, it is sooner or later attacked and overrun by a more orthodox (i.e., “radical”) Islam. This is a constant throughout Muslim history.
And it’s no different now. Diana West is right.