re: I have zero respect for anyone who is a Muslim and doesn't stand up to this BS

These attacks are defined by asymmetry and they destroy notions of Western peace and security that developed in the post-Cold War world. That is why they are effective. The attacks are random and relatively small scale.

And you miss the point of the description. They want to use an overreaction as a post hoc defense for why they were doing what they did in the first place. If Islamism becomes defined as the ideology that pushes back against a response from the West that could be labeled as "aggression," then Islamism becomes enshrined and even more popular.

My suggestion is not to give any quarter to Islamists, as well as figure out a way of dealing with the fact they have a large base of alienated men to recruit from. It has to be multifaceted.