[BelegStrongbow]

I don’t think so. He was ordered to torture her by the very man the Americans then order him to torture. What he was whining about was the extremity to which he said the Americans drove him, not that he had never tortured, about which he was somewhat coy in remembrance.

[fr_freak]

I don’t think so. He was ordered to torture her by the very man the Americans then order him to torture.

No, I don't believe that is correct. Sayid's commanding officer in the Nadia flashbacks is a different guy from the one he tortured during the Gulf War.