So am i to infer that the rather relaxed and unconcerned way in which "collateral damage" is viewed, torture in abu ghraib and gitmo, assasinations, support for discriminatory and cruel dicatatorships and a host of other things reflect US or Western ideology?

You are right, the US does not capture and behead its enemies. It prefers to do its killing fromt he safety of a bomber plane or from a tank parked at a distance or with its other advanced weaponry.

Sure no american ever strapped on a bomb and blew himself up. But then again no terrorist ever carpet bombed a civilian area, OR used biological and chemical weapons, OR created a concentration camp, OR made a quick buck out of rebuilding the shattered infrastructure of a country after destroying it.

YOu know the moral high ground??? u aint on it.