Isn't it a fact that all imperial powers, from Egypt, through Rome, Spain, Britain, France, Japan and to the USA sometimes have to use brutal measures on the territories they rule in order to prevent unrest and subversion among the natives, and if individuals have to receive harsh treatment to demonstrate the futility of resisting, then so be it. It isn't hypocrisy at all it is simply a demonstration of that true fact of life, some people cannot be reasoned with.