[JasonC]

Correct. They come out and say this after the school attack in Russia. They have helped fuel such attacks by convincing terrorists they will work, if just ferocious enough or timed well. The proper response would be to mail a million copies of photos of dead Russian schoolkids to the Spanish embassy.

[microgood]

They have helped fuel such attacks by convincing terrorists they will work, if just ferocious enough or timed well.

Well said. It reminds of that statement by Edmund Burke, something like "Evil happens with good men do nothing".