All right, who let the bad apples into Afghanistan?

In a remarkable coincidence, it looks as though some brash enlisted men (definitely not acting on orders) showed a remarkable knowledge of just how to offend Muslims-- and gave a demonstration.

US soldiers in Afghanistan burnt the bodies of dead Taliban and taunted their opponents about the corpses, in an act deeply offensive to Muslims and in breach of the Geneva conventions.

An investigation by SBS's Dateline program, to be aired tonight, filmed the burning of the bodies.

It also filmed a US Army psychological operations unit broadcasting a message boasting of the burnt corpses into a village believed to be harbouring Taliban.

According to an SBS translation of the message, delivered in the local language, the soldiers accused Taliban fighters near Kandahar of being "cowardly dogs". "You allowed your fighters to be laid down facing west and burnt. You are too scared to retrieve their bodies. This just proves you are the lady boys we always believed you to be," the message reportedly said.

It goes without saying that the reporting of the incident will be responsible for inciting further anti-American sentiment around the world. Why does Australia hate freedom?