Eleven years into the Afghanistan war and a few days after the disastrous burning of the Korans, US officials have mandated sensitivity training for US troops. Now with over thirty Afghans and two US servicemen dead, sensitivity training seems too little, too late.

One wonders, though, whether Afghani rage is motivated by the violations of their religious beliefs or, rather, by violations of their sovereignty and dignity. NATO air strikes have killed innocent children, Marines have urinated on the bodies of dead Afghans, night raids have terrorized citizens, and the American military continues to be accused of torturing detainees at secret locations (where detainees are denied basic human rights).