…is not to appease terrorists and to support the military destruction of terrorist groups. I feel compelled to say, yes, of course, you can’t do everything at once and sometimes you have to make accommodations with governments that do bad things and learn to fight another day. That is clearly true. What is absurd, if you are a believer in the notion that the West must confront Islamic extremism, is the idea that in the midst of a democratic nation’s military confrontation with a terrorist group, the United States should advocate its rescue through a ceasefire.