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Well, there have been allegations that US soldiers have killed some prisoners, but short of that, the beheading is much worse.
It seems to be common on both sides for revenge to be lopsided. After 4 americans were killed in Fallujah, US soldiers strafed the city killing some 600 people as I remember. I'm sure a lot more than 4 innocent iraqi's were killed in that. Frankly, dead is dead. It doesn't matter if you're killed with cannon fire or a knife.
Should revenge be equal, or should it exist at all? I think it depends on the situation, although plenty of people think only with their heart rather than their head. Stalin's quote on death seems quite appropriate here: "A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic."
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