Re: "Poppycock."
If you say so but... if you are looking to actually change any minds on this matter, a little more analysis then *one word* might help.
Me?
Right now I'm more on the same side of the matter as those 27 retired military leaders, and Colin Powell, who advocated a more thoughtful approach, consistent with America's history of liberty (as opposed to the Soviet & Nazi 'torture and show trial' approach).
The retired military leaders (urging Congress to reject the White House proposal to reinterpret the definition of Common Article 3) said:
"If any agency of the U.S. government is excused from compliance with these standards, or if we seek to redefine what Common Article 3 requires, we should not imagine that our enemies will take notice of the technical distinctions when they hold U.S. prisoners captive. If degradation, humiliation, physical and mental brutalization of prisoners is decriminalized or considered permissible under a restrictive interpretation of Common Article 3, we will forfeit all credible objections should such barbaric practices be inflicted upon American prisoners."
...Former secretary of state Colin Powell also came out against the White House plan saying: "The world is beginning to doubt the moral basis of our fight against terrorism", said Powell, who served under Bush and is a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. ?To redefine Common Article 3 would add to those doubts. Furthermore, it would put our own troops at risk." |
