The problem is that it's verboten to hurt anyone's feelings, even if they've murdered thousands of Americans and have promised to do it again. So we have to hear about how Islam is a religion of peace. We also have to hear how we have "differences" with our allies when everyone knows that they did everything they could to help our enemy.
But maybe I'm thinking too much, and so is the WSJ. Diplomacy has always been like this. Even so, we still fought our war and hammered the bad guys. No one can deny that. And with a little luck we'll keep on hammering them.