for gods sake.. were not hindus or sikhs!

I happened to listen to a few media reports on the recent violence in Pakistan's North-West. Often they interview civilians fleeing military offensives. Once too often one hears some flavor of the following comment from the poor hapless fleeing souls: "its not like were hindus or sikhs.. why the hell is our own government bombing our villages?". Is this messed up or is this messed up?