Odd how there is such outrage in the US regarding this incident, yet less outrage over worse atrocities which were encouraged and condoned by the US government. Sometimes I wonder if this really is the 21st Century.
Totally agree with you mensaboy: I think what the Sheikh did is revolting and absolutely indefensible, but for the US to get on it's high-horse smacks of pots and black kettles. The US is a full signatory to the Geneva convention yet doesn't seem to believe that it applies to them. Whether they argue about if it's a war or not, the same protocols apply. Guantanamo Bay will, or should be, a massive embarassment to the US government for years to come.