Arab media takes the moral high ground

The arab media is fairly upset about the Berg execution:

Firstly, the beheading of Berg has eclipsed the shame and failure of the US and its allies over the Abu Ghraib scandal. Berg's self-appointed executioners appear to have been oblivious to the fact that a public relations disaster for the US' Middle East policies was a prime opportunity for the Arab and Muslim worlds to push Washington for a new, just approach to the region. Instead, they sabotaged this unique opportunity.

They eventually give the obligatory "yeah, it sucks that a civilian had to die", but I think its fairly clear what the real problem is to these people.

Well... except Hamas of course:

Osama Hamdan, Hamas' representative in Lebanon, denounced both Berg's killers and US President George W. Bush in the same breath.
"I condemn this brutal act and sympathise with the family of the slain American man, who I consider a victim of the wrong US policies in the region," Hamdan said

The other anti-American standard: equivocation. After all, humiliation and murder are just two sides of the same coin.

Next time somebody insults me in the street, I'm going to hit them with a hatchet.