> I think this came up because someone, maybe me, noted that the
> particular tortures chosen were designed for maximum effect in the
> society being occupied. No one that I know of in friendly precincts
> said anything, much less raved about, about how Islam has oppressed
> women "everywhere for centuries."
I suspect US leftists have to bend over backwards to prove their anti-imperialist credentials and a very large number of them go to absurd lengths to do it.
Ulhas