Howdie EdI think the big role that the US assumes in the World particularly its domination relative to other countries in the UN has the World in response having high expectations of the US It isnt necessarily a different perspective on what constitutes moral behavior In Islamic rules of warfare one isnt to take a life out of anger and this is reflected in a tradition in which Ali Muhammads nephew forced himself to refrain from killing a man whom he defeated in battle simply because he realized that anger would motivate his action Of course Saddam isnt much of a Muslim For whatever reason theres an atmosphere of chaos and apathy in many of the Arab states Maybe its a vacuum left after European control who knows Its politics not religion