Peg, i think if you review the actual text, you will find that remark was laid at the door of those nations who are being asked to decide their national policy vis-a-vis an effort to eradicate terrositic (is that a real word?) practice.

There are some nations -- Syria, Algeria, Iraq, and Afghanistan come to mind -- who have made a policy decision in the past to encourage or support actions like blowing up planes, car-bombings and suicide bombings carried out in practice by the private networks of which the Q'asada is one example.

I believe the import of remarks addressed to American citizens included points like, getting back to your lives, supporting the American economy, staying calm and focused.

Here -- read it over for yourself.

Warm regards,

Amos