I can understand what you mean...it'd seem as if both sides have no higher moral ground but the difference would be when saddam did it, it was against innocent people, indiscriminatly or just because he didn't like them.

If the U.S. or any European allies (i assume asked in the poll) were to torture it wouldn't just be to anyone that wasn't liked or anything, it'd be to those suspected of being a threat to security, nobody else.

If mistakes are made then its not intentional, but doing something to the enemy that they would do innocent civillians is not the same as being as bad as them.