"The fervor comes from their ideology. It has this terrifying hold on them because it is credibly drawn from their religious doctrine. If you don’t get that, if you think you can blithely dismiss jihadism as “cowardice” and thus avoid the unpleasant burden of understanding why it happens, you are never going to get what we’re up against. You are never going to summon the resolve it is going to take to overcome the enemy."

Like he wanted to do with his TV, I, too, wanted to throw my laptop across the room when I saw what was unfolding. I am likewise sick of pols calling people who seem to have no fear, cowards, as they seek to torture and kill anyone in their paths before dying for their cause.

We really do not seem to have any resolve. We can't even agree on who it is we are fighting. 

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/437959/nice-islamic-terrorism-west-refuses-take-jihadist-ideology-seriously