The Taliban in Afghanistan have captured an American soldier and released his video on the internet. He is very young and in the video says that he does not think he will return back home. It is gut wrenching to watch and must have killed his parents. The Pentagon has said that releasing the video was an act of propaganda and against international norms. Trouble is that the American army has no moral authority to preach to anyone else when they have been torturing Afghans at Bagram Air Force base for years. In the initial assault on the country they allowed Dostum's forces to kill hundreds of unarmed prisoners . Even now indiscriminate bombing of suspected hideouts are killing thousands of innocent Afghans. Predator drones regularly bomb targets in Waziristan killing civilians. It is to be hoped that no one among the captors has served in Bagram prison or had a brother killed by the Americans. No doubt Americans will spend lots of money to buy intelligence about the young man's whereabouts and if possible to secure his release and one hopes they will be successful. If the soldier dies then the responsibilty will rest squarely Bush/Cheney policy of using torture and brutality in their fight against terror. Maybe that is why Cheney has been so aggressive of late.