I get where yer coming from... and can see how it'd be read like that. And it is sad what happened.
But what I personally came away from Pongo's post was thinking about the situation in reverse.
I don't know about you Americans, but, if the Iraqis allofahsudden showed up here, kicked out our government and started driving up and down our streets making sure we were indoors by 10:00, by God, each and every one of us would strap on our skates and beat them mercilessly with our hockey sticks.
Cruel and unusual? Maybe, but that's our style, man.