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Neither is common practice, really. How many rebels are there in Iraq, and how many beheadings have there been? A dozen? You have far more gruesome murders committed by Americans upon each other, back home, but in the western style we're accustomed to: strangulation, rape/murder *yawn*, gun in the mouth and so on. This is an expression of American culture, and sharply characterises it to outsiders (I can speak for the Japanese perception, at least), though it's not "common practice" at all. I'm talking about perceptions.
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So are you implying that these events are part of normal everyday society? Or just normal American society? I think you need to do a little study of
your own history before you start off on others.
And I think you should stop speaking for your countrymen, you can only speak of YOUR perception.
And perception can only be as accurate as the information that creates it. If you limit yourself to one-sided media, you will have a one-sided perception.
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Apparently some rebels believe American soldiers are torturers. Listen to this
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Consider the source: Did these rebels get tortured, or perhaps see torture occuring? Maybe they heard it from a reliable source, like uncle akbar's sons' wifes' best friend's brothers' mistresses' fathers' former roomate who swears by allah that every word she said is true.
Do you have any idea how biased any information out of Iraq is, on both sides. you must take info from both sides, run it through a bullshit detector, and then start discussing.
Kobuchi, You can disagree with how things are done, but you can't begin to comment on why things are done. Get your head out of your ass, check your sources for bias as stringently as you check us for it, and take a moment to step back and see the overall scheme. You may still disagree, but perhaps you can eliminate the 'pop media' ramblings shit.