I feel this is a great statement. I remember few of sajha friends justifying killing by maoist that caused 15000 Nepalese to die and  several infrastructure to be destroyed. I have always believed in the fact that killings are never justified. You can obtain anything by peace that you can gain by killing. Killing breeds killers. If you kill one person you will give rise to two others. 

 I think it is a bold statement, that also means that US will soon be taking out its military operations from Iraq and Afghanistan.