An explanation doesn't mean an excuse. You cannot use war as a justification unless you can justify the war itself. In this case, their fighting against a stronger enemy that refuses to fight back except in self defense. Aes Sedai are by no means "good", but it doesn't take a genius to work out that they are not all darkfriends. The 2 biggest Ajahs are dedicated to fighting Shadowspawn and stopping male channelers for god's sake!

You shouldn't. My whole point was that they are far too quick to label people as darkfriends. You can't excuse that because they think Aes Sedai are darkfriends. That's circular reasoning.
There's a big difference between being suspicious of someone and asserting that they must be an agent of Evil. The children's knee-jerk reaction to wolfbrothers and sniffers is to kill them. Not equivalent.

Ok, under suspicion but the whole guilty until proven innocent thing bugs me a little. It wouldn't be so bad if they didn't already think way too many people were darkfriends.

If that's the case, why was he put in charge? He's obviously too hot-blooded to be a good leader.

If Mat did that on the boat to Whitebridge, then yes. I can excuse any of Ordeith's Whitecloaks, but the other ones were not that heavily affected.

People who need money to live?

More likely they turned to military methods because of the Hundred Years War. Seriously, what do you think would have happened if the Aes Sedai tried the same technique? Seanchan Empire?

Also, they wouldn't have to push so hard if people just followed them like good little sheeple. Good one.

I should point out that the Aes Sedai are different from their AoL counterparts in all but name.

And don't think you were taking pot shots at the Aes Sedai in your comparison? I find that hard to believe, because everyone else did. Then people bring up differences between the Children and Aes Sedai that might influence the way they reacted to the situation, and you fight any point they make to the death. Don't hold yourself blameless here.

Don't tell me I have mental problems for disagreeing with you. The Aes Sedai supress other channelers. The Whitecloaks kill them on site. The Aes Sedai use torture. The Whitecloaks have a sub-organisation dedicated to it. If you really think we only disagree with the Whitecloaks on their methods, you haven't been reading. The Aes Sedai have evil goals. The Whitecloaks have evil goals, but are better at hiding them. Saying that we only care about their use of torture is a complete misrepresentation of the views of everyone who replied.