I couldn't figure that statement out either. It seems completely inconsistent with the rest. Do you think I should have tossed the baby out with the bath water? Or should we revel in this strange twist from the twilight zone?
No it doesn't.
It is completely consistent with what they are doing.
Occam's Razor.
It's a typical leftist last pang of wishful thinking amid an unusual moment of moral clarity. They still think being solicitous will help, even as they finally have to confront a glaringly obvious, implacable, and insatiable threat to their way of life. One by one, these myths will fall. Just give it time and I'm certain the Islamists will find a way to convince even these idiots. Until then, they're begging for a chance to go back to dreamland.
"Arise, O ye slumberers!"