That's... about what it amounts to, yeah. If she hadn't been so stubborn, maybe we could have gotten her into a position where... No. No, it's not worth thinking about.
Better to purify the world and start again than figure out a way to harmonize. That's always been the mantra of the extremist, particularly those that can shape their message as somehow being beneficial.
And it didn't help that they're already framed the Petrelli Movement as a terrorist organization even though we never hurt anyone. Well, never hurt anyone in a way that wasn't purely for self-defense. So they had the foundational backing there. Just put a few words in his mouth, and we're good... I hate people.