There's a world of difference between trying to find ways of preventing decent people getting twisted into becoming terrorists and cosying up to the people who carry out and plan atrocities like September 11th and October 12th.

Yes and there are situations where making peace means finding ways for people to turn away from involvement in activities which can quite properly be described as terrorism, and South Africa and Northern Ireland are obvious examples. And I doubt very much if Doug would see letting the convicted terrorist Nelson Mandela out of jail and negotiating with him was a bad idea.

Urging people not to go throwing lighted matches around in the vicinity of a keg of powder is not the same as giving aid and comfort to someone who wants to use that keg of powder to blow up the House of Commons (to use a comparison that comes readily to mind at this time of year if you live in England, with the kids collecting for Bonfire Night with their stuffed Guys outside the supermarkets).