Originally Posted by Belial

When a country takes on a role of benevolence, they are and should be held to a higher standard than the nations with regimes they condemn. So I don't quite understand why it's relevant that those identified as terrorists or other "evil" people haven't issued apologies for what they've done. Similarly, this whole line of "Well, we did x, but they did y", I can't understand. If abusing prisoners was going to stop someone getting beheaded, maybe. But no. What happened was incredibly poor behaviour and whoever ordered it should apologize (if they believe themselves wrong in doing it) and probably be court-martialed.