The problem is that the enemy doesn't fight like us, nor believe like us, nor worship like us. They send in suicide bombers that blow themselves and Americans sky-high. One suicide bomber can do a lot of damage and it may not be good policy for us to create more suicide bombers just so we can act tough and resolute. If someone has to pay for our toughness and resoluteness and it may not be us tough and resolute posters. We'll probably never know if Obama's apology will save even one American but it may have been a cheap price to pay if it did. And what did it cost us, some machoism and tough barroom talk.