No, humans were the same then we just weren't listening to the leftists. My reaction to the reaction to the German photos was "Grow Up". They send young men far away to kill or be killed but then want to be outraged over a guy holding his penis and a skull. Big deal. If there is a punishment give it out. The left is trying to use this to get Germany out of the war on terror.
I say we need a few more troops who want to show off a skull, and a few less mindless leftists who will get millions of innocent people killed. Our troops did nothing wrong in WWII on this, either.