Pheobe doesn't realize the problem with 4th generation warfare: once the blood-letting starts it's very hard to turn off, particularly when there are no recognizable armies, and no set of laws. The only governing principle is total elimination of the opposition, because it's all about survival.
In that environment, a progressive bumper-sticker will get you killed as quickly as a gun-grabbing essay.
Tread lightly Phoebe.
They spent the last four decades swearing up and down this was NOT their goal.