Horsefeathers. Unless one means that they have ever shown hostile intent, or conducted actual hostile actions sometime in the past or are currently showing such intent, rather than just the latter, which is what the statement sounds like.
When we finally locate Osama's cave, he probably won't be showing any hostile intent either, but I'd hope someone would drop a thermobaric bomb into the entrance of that cave.
Agreed. And what’s good for Osama, is good for his followers.