I don’t care whether we’re angry as long as we remain resolute in hunting down terrorists and destroying them. We haven’t backed up our rhetoric with action. If we had, we’d have overthrown the regime in Syria by now and served notice on Pakistan that there can be no refuge in its borders for Al Qaeda or the Taliban. You don’t have to be angry to decide to rid the world of vermin. In fact, it might be better for our efforts against these apostate Islamists if they saw us as implacable, resolute and regardless of our losses. They believe that everything that happens is the will of God and is fated. The more we identify ourselves with the hand of fate and make their ultimate destruction inevitable, the more likely they are to lose their appeal to young Muslims, especially if we combine our military efforts with progress in political, social and physical infrastructure.
They will commit any atrocity, use any tactic, such as forcing us to kill women and children jacketed in explosive belts, to weaken our will.
