Actually they were not vermin, they were human beings. Albeit human beings with some very disturbing ways of looking at the world, but nevertheless human beings... You are off your moral rocker.
They beheaded Afghan scouts but I'm the one off my moral rocker? You say they have "disturbing" ways of looking at the world, but because I call vermin "vermin", I'm off my moral rocker???
People who lack a moral compass, who cannot discern evil, or lack the ability to distinquish evil acts from pointing out the evil act...I call them evil. If the shoe fits you, wear it.
And before you call anyone "Adolf" again, (another person with a disturbing way of looking at the world), read Jim Robinson's note about NO personal attacks...
Perhaps I need to be more clear Garybob to what I was talking about.
What you are doing is taking a situation in which humans beings committed an evil act and then using that evil act to justify your desire to dehumanize them. By dehumanizing them ("they are vermin") it then becomes not only morally defensible, but rather necessary to "exterminate" them as one would do with vermin.
You see, my Adolf comment was not a personal attack as much as a reference to exactly what Hitler did to the Jews. In fact, comparing them with vermin (there is a famous propaganda film that you should see if you never have) was exactly what was done to justify exterminating them.
Thus, I agree that these people who committed that act are evil. But, they are still people. And, no matter how evil the deed they may have done by not according them the minimal dignity of being human, we dehumanize ourselves.
What you basically said was, since they beheaded someone, it was fine for us or our allies to behead them. This is morally indefnisble and correlative to Nazi propaganda.
Have a deep think about it, then recheck your moral compass.