So while you were de-escalating, the enemy was escalating. Tell me who's going to win that confrontation.
They had come with a clear purpose and were never going to leave without us."
In other words, the enemy completed his objective and you didn't complete your objective. Tell me who's going to win that confrontation.
It's a good thing that the UK has a BIG reputation, but that's being squandered at a pretty rapid clip.
According to the pansified liberal left and all the rest of the terror coddling spinless ilk, more de-escalation will win the day- evidently some 10,000+ years of proof that shows that 'negotiations with those who wish you dead' isn't quite enough proof that 'de-escalating tactics' NEVER work