[Non-Sequitur]

How is it that they don't deserve this kind of treatment, and we do?

How about neither side deserves the treatement. That's what separates the good guys from the bad guys. Killing someone simply because they are Muslim or Jewish or American is something that they do. It shouldn't be what we do.

[Destructor]

I think you missed something here. The Muslims hate us, and want to either force us to be like them, or wipe us out! This is a matter of self-defense. If we are to prevail, then we have to be meaner and more ruthless than the enemy, which in this case is the Muslims.