Yes, it is. And it's war against the sort of people who go around attacking people for no good reason. You'd have us act like them, apparently.
Perhaps even you would act different when attacked by an Iraqi
We're told in this story that she was not attacked. Instead, she and three others beat the prisoners without provocation.
who would do far worse if he had captured her.
Whether or not the Iraqi would have acted differently toward her is irrelevant.