It is never about becoming dominant. It is about surviving the impacts. For e.g. take your religion, it did not survive cultural and religious impacts over the years. If you read history you will notice that your religion exised in a big part of the world but it was not able to survive and its breathing its last in a small part of the world called India. Nepal was another place which has already succumbed. So wishful thinking is one thing and reading history and understanding the present is another. :-). Wars take place and its not the body count that decides the outcome, its the will to prevail and stop the enemy from attaining its objective that wins wars.
