 Following this, Iglesias became convinced that the war had to be brought to an end if Peru was not to be completely devastated.Iglesias has been severely judged by Peruvian historians because he represented blunt reality as he saw the fundamental question was whether Peru was going to exist as a nation, or not.Iglesias saw that a few more years of prolonged occupation of Peru by Chile would render Peru into a colony of Chile, rather than a sovereign nation.