I guess the military didn't completely ignore the Red Cross' complaints on prison abuse in Iraq.

Red Cross Faces Pressure in Abuse Scandal

The Red Cross report, published in the Wall Street Journal, was a summary of its various attempts in person and in writing from March to November 2003 to get U.S. officials to stop abuses.

Those earlier interventions by the Red Cross far preceded the Pentagon's decision to investigate after a low-ranking U.S. soldier stepped forward in January.

The Red Cross said it wanted to keep the report confidential because it saw U.S. officials making progress in responding to their complaints.

Again, I'm not saying it didn't happen, but there's no reason to believe that people weren't being punished or that the situation wasn't going to be resolved.