If he comes down too hard, that might breed further resentment of us, and generate new enemies. Yeah.. that's the fear part, isn't it. We're fighting a war and we're afraid of making more people who may or may not already hate us decide to hate us for sure.
"We're fighting a war and we're afraid of making more people who may or may not already hate us decide to hate us for sure."
I think that sums up this administration's version of the war on terror in a nutshell.