Those sentences are the whole exchange? Oh come on, if that's all there is, there's nothing.
Here is my paraphrase of Williams's comment:
Our enemies have proven their willingness to die for their cause, but we have extraordinary warriors on our side who are willing to die to stop them.
Enough of this nonsense.
It's always possible, of course, that Williams was only attempting to comment on the assumption that those on both sides have people who feel they are acting bravely, despite the relative causes, and that he didn't mean to directly compare the causes themselves and raise them to the same level of legitimacy and importance. To be fair, it wouldn't be too far out of the question to give Williams the benefit of the doubt on this one.
But, that he would so quickly wish to somehow prove that Jihadists are also "brave" in that they are willing to give their lives to their causes is, in itself, disturbingly close to also equalizing their cause to legitimacy and "goodness" -- whether he wanted to or not.
After all, how "brave" is it to give your life for an evil cause?
Let's face it, in our society one equates giving your life for your country to the highest form of bravery. And that bravery is used in a positive context, as opposed to a negative one. So, Williams' positively denoting a Jihadist's willingness to give his life for his cause would, in general parlayence, reflect that said Jihadists are also brave. This would lead one to an assumption that the cause that one is dying for is also worth being brave for!
So, sadly, Williams seems to see no difference between the bravery of our soldiers and emergency services personnel and that of those who would die for those 72 virgins. And, if he so quickly imagines that Jihadists are also brave enough to die for their cause then we cannot escape the conclusion that he either sees neither cause (the Jihadist's or ours) as any better one from the other, or he really DOES think both causes have the same legitimacy.
Either way, his sense of moral judgment is in doubt at this point
Yea, IF ONLY HE HAD SAID THAT!!
The point, tho, is that he didn't!
Where were you at 7:05 p.m. tonight..........LOL.