pretext, ploy, call it what you will
There's a chance this crime would not have been committed now or ever, if not for the prison scandals.
It is still a despicable act. Sickening to hear about.
It probably seems a lot less despicable to the Arab world now, than it would have a few weeks ago. That much, clearly, is America's fault.
It is sad that the people we fight don't respect Geneva. Hard to complain much about it, though.