I'm not surprised. Think of all the most insane Republicans you can. The most racist, anti good government, violent white supremacists.
Now imagine they're in charge of the government and want to finish what was started in the wars that gave us the states with Spanish names. Imagine they believe they have a right to all of North America and it should be English speaking only.
Now imagine they decide they're going to just start bombing Mexico and grabbing their land on some Mexican America war pt2 shyt. That is Israel now. The most insane people are in charge now and the regular people living there are not okay with what that government is doing in their borders and outside of them.
Hostages are taken after you ignore security briefings telling you of weak points that could be exploited along with credible evidence of a plot. Several thousand people have been killed and now some survivors are hostages. Do you:
A. Negotiate for the release of the hostages as other governments did in the past.
B. Send in special forces to infiltrate and covertly eliminate the terrorists then evacuate the hostages since you have the best intelligence apparatus and technology second only to the United States.
C. Immediately start bombing and shooting with drones and jets, then bombing the hospitals to prevent civilians from getting medical aid from the bombs and bullets you unleashed on them, shutting off their electricity so they can't do surgery or even see where they are, destroying as much internet as possible so they can't show footage of what you're doing, and destroy as many buildings that store public records of how many people lived in the area before you started bombing.
Take a guess what an authoritarian right wing lunatic government would do