No one knows whether the war in Iraq will end quickly, but it does not look like doing so at present. Despite the atrocities that have been highlighted on television, restraint has been shown. If the allied forces were to unleash all the power available to them, there would be far more casualties and the war would be over far more quickly. However, restraint is being shown. The types of atrocities we are now witnessing are both a cause and a consequence of war.