[GOP_Initiative]

The difference is that Americans have a reputation to live up to in this world. When Americans do the slightest bad thing, everyone claims Americans are horrible. It's like a perfectionist Straight-A student at school. They get a B, and someone comes a-knockin'.

These radical muslims have no standards. They aren't criticized for their actions because people have seen them do horrible stuff in the world already.

[oceanview]

like bombing civilian infrastructure targets in Belgrade? or the dead children at Waco?

its all political, no one says a word so long as the media's desired party is in power.

[rightwingcrazy]

In many ways, America seems to be reenacting Israeli history of the past few decades. Shame we can't learn from it.

[af_vet_rr]

The difference is that Americans have a reputation to live up to in this world. When Americans do the slightest bad thing, everyone claims Americans are horrible. It's like a perfectionist Straight-A student at school. They get a B, and someone comes a-knockin'.

These radical muslims have no standards. They aren't criticized for their actions because people have seen them do horrible stuff in the world already.

You made one of the best, most concise posts, on this subject.

In a way, all of the criticism of the prisoner abuse just goes to show how honorably we tend to carry ourselves, and the fact that we hold ourselves to higher standards than most of the rest of the world, and they know it. That's not arrogance either.

I'm very proud of that as well. Countries can bash us, but deep down they know we always try to do the right thing, and if somebody in our system doesn't, then we will hold them accountable.