Sorry about that, but without most of the salient details, much of my later discussion is a bit meaningless. The more I think about this episode, the more I like it. Here, nearly everything was done right. Melinda captured perfectly all the problems of terrorism. And yet, despite the irrationality of terrorism, as Data says, it often does seem an effective tool for political change.
Every approach fails.
If they try to negotiate, it's seen as a trap, and the attacks increase. If you try to exert force, the terrorists often become folk heroes, and you counter your own moves. There's no way out. I don't think I've seen anything else that conveys this particular feeling of helplessness so well. In addition, the conversations between Bev and Sinn did a very good job of debating the concept of terrorism itself.