Nothing wrong with any of the quotes.
Here is video of McMaster killing terrorists:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb7aR2xvOWU
So he is soft and you know better?
The problem is quite simple. Donald Trump campaigned on the fact that he was willing to call the enemy what it is - Radical Islamic Terrorism. He railed against Hillary, Obama, and Kerry for refusing to use the term. He railed after Obama for Obama saying ISIL instead of ISIS. Kerry was mocked for using the term Daesh resoundingly here at FR. Yet here is his NSC pick telling the NSC not to use the term Trump uses and using the exact terminology that Trump bashed Obama and Kerry for using.