Charles Krauthammer just made that connection and Mort is telling him that isn’t evident.
The jihadists are portrayed as very tough and brave freedomfighters, who are revered by their family and friends.
And the worldwide press have for decades presented them as such, rarely do the press show revulsion or anger at their bombings of women and children. Instead they rationalize their murder as understandable and the fault of the US and Israel.
They present these goons as “winners”, as they do in Iraq to this day, (and some here do also).