Well there are so many different factions fighting us over there how would one know who is Al Qaeda or just a plain old crook kidnapping people for money?
One thing is undisputed though. More captives have been released from the "terrorists" than we have released from Cuba.
Alex, all war is hell. It is not a debating society much to the consternation of UN pin-stripers. Atrocities happen on both sides in a war, so you can end your double-standard nonsense. You know very well we do not behead prisoners and then publicly post videos on CNN like Al Qaeda does on Al Jazeerah.
Where was Amnesty International (or the UN for that matter) during Saddam's reign in Iraq or the Taliban's in Afghanistan? Were they concerned about the hundreds of thousands Saddam murdered or the Taliban's public executions of women in Afghan soccer stadiums? No, they were drinking cocktails in NYC and no doubt discussing the finer points of diplomacy while people were dying.
Newsflash to Alex: The girliemen lost the US election. Get over it and go find something productive to do with your time. Read some history. I recommend all Europeans and liberals read Neville Chamberlain's 1938 "Peace in Our Time" speech and contemplate the literally millions of lives that could have been saved if action against Hitler had been taken sooner.