It’s perhaps both disturbing and ironic that Government words of solace and encouragement to the homeland voters probably does have that very same galvanising and inspiring effect on the Islamic fanatics (or maybe any individual who generally detests the “West” and what we represent).
It must be very difficult in the ‘Stan where one region is being subject to a softly-softly, hearts and minds campaign when, elsewhere, there are regions subject to focused aggression and overwhelming fire power.