Quote Originally Posted by Thorne View Post
While I don't condone what they did, let's not forget the many instances of Taliban fighters torturing and mutilating their prisoners, before and after death, so they could post their own videos. I would agree to appropriate punishment for these soldiers if they would agree to punish their own. But I wouldn't expect that, since they want the double standard: "we can do it, but you can't."
To me the answer is the usual: by lowering your own standards, you become what you fight. And you have lost.