Re: Protest in Afghanistan after Quran burning
Perhaps. But in so far as there criticism of US policy on detainees is concerned, they are right, and that should be acknowledged. Whatever views they hold otherwise, and whatever their motivation, it is irrelevant in light of factual evidence.
And regardless of what standards we hold, at the end of the day, we are all human. There is a fine line here, but if the US can fall to the level of the most barbaric of regimes, then the line becomes more and more irrelevant. So while dictatorial regimes commit crimes with impunity, the US cloaks similar crimes in veil of democracy.
We should be careful who we label a Barbarian. Your black and white portrayal of the “other” is more reminiscent of conservative ideology then liberal/progressive. While I am loathe to say anything good of the Taliban, many innocents who have been kidnapped by them have returned unharmed. Many innocents (due to lack of any evidence) detained by the US were tortured and or killed.