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Originally Posted by pHaestus
There is nothing in the Koran that condones this sort of activity. It's the same thing as bombers of abortion clinics operating in the name of God.
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There will always be some segment of a population acting out a widespread cultural belief in its logical extreme. Precious few belief systems are harmless when fully thought through and acted upon.
There is a vague line between the evil acts of nationals and their government's ultimate responsibility. We shift this line pragmatically, deliberately obscuring it. So when soldiers do torture it is some bad apples acting alone. Certainly no foreign governments should launch commando operations to "take out" those criminals. When the US demanded Afghanistan hand over Osama bin Laden, just after 9/11, the sovereign state Afghanistan responded that while it condemned whoever planned or facilitated the 9/11 attacks, bin Laden was effectively a Afghani national and the US must provide some evidence of his guilt first. In the meantime, Afghanistan would investigate the allegations. The US decided to set a precedent then by refusing to produce evidence, rather invading Afghanistan.
EDIT: Swapping Panistan with Afkhistan.