[HumanDrivenDev]

Fair point, but she certainly could have done it without making it a big deal. But again, political opportunism. I bet it was a great day for her, huge for her career. Bush probably felt the same jolt of joy when he found out about 9/11. Re-election for sure.

[phailhaus]

If you don't point out that you're intentionally avoiding the name, then people are going to tend towards publishing and publicizing it anyways and fueling the attackers. She is a leader, and that's how you set an example.

You can look at it cynically, but you have to admit it is an exceptional response. This is a good precedent to set and follow in the future.

[HumanDrivenDev]

We don't avoid saying the name of ISIS, or Al-Qaeda, or the provisional IRA or any number of other terrorist groups. We don't avoid naming Stalin or Hitler just in case another one comes along.

It's not cynical to realise will find a way to profit from this, it's realistic. The crocodile tears, the head scarf, the voldemorting, the raison d'etre for making laws the government wanted to make anyway.

Don't you americans remember all of this from the 9/11 aftermath?