Surely I have heard the White House and its allies try to communicate this message but for one reason or another the message has not been adopted as the "dominent message". Where does one suppose a "dominent message" gets formed? From the White House... or the NY Times/Washington Post/CBS et al?
Regardless, I wonder, how do we prevent such misconceptions from happening again? Will we continue to reward the terrorist tactic by running away every time we are faced with it?