An interesting theme that is reinforced from this incident is that Americans are all gun nuts and very dangerous. Many people in the world assume that all Americans are armed, all the time.
The fact that these brave American young men were *not* armed will not matter on whit. What will stick is “Americans take out terrorist with an AK47”.
It is a very good reputation for Americans to have. I have worked to help enhance the image.
“on whit” should be “one whit”