The moral question of Iraq is further complicated by the progression of the war from an US invasion to an Iraqi civil war. In retrospect someone who was advocat

The moral question of Iraq is further complicated by the progression of the war from an US invasion to an Iraqi civil war. In retrospect someone who was advocating a quick withdrawal from Iraq, myself included, in 2004 would have been more or less advocating the same policies these documents outline about the US condoning Iraqi-on-Iraqi torture. We just wouldn't have been around to look the other way but the outcome would have been just as bad if not worse. If you want to apply some of the same moral lessons to Afghanistan it really shows how incredibly complex war is.