Color me a bit surprised. I thought that Colin was a company man through and through, from his ardent defense of the 1600 Crew lies at the UN to his deafening silence during the run-up to the rest of the Mess O'Potamian follies. I guess he's either had enough, or realized that sooner or later he's gonna have to grow a beard because he won't be able to look at himself in the mirror to shave.
"The world is beginning to doubt the moral basis of our fight against terrorism," Powell, a retired general who is also a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, wrote in a letter.
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Powell said that Bush's bill, by redefining the kind of treatment the Geneva Conventions allow, "would add to those doubts. Furthermore, it would put our own troops at risk."
Gee, that's the very first time that Powell has shown any intestinal fortitude when dealing with Beloved Leader.
I guess he's off the Christmas card list now...
Firing back, White House spokesman Tony Snow said Powell was confused about the White House plan. Later, Snow said he probably shouldn’t have used that word.
"I know that Colin Powell wants to beat the terrorists too," he said.
Countering Powell's letter, the administration produced one from the current secretary of state to Warner. In it, Condoleezza Rice wrote that narrowing the standards for detainee treatment as Bush has proposed "would add meaningful definition and clarification to vague terms in the treaties."
Yeah, well as we all know Condi Rice is a fucking rock solid authority on the Geneva Convention and it's application (and relevance) to the men and women of the Armed Forces. There's nothing quite as authoritative as a letter from a half-assed Phd in Russian Studies or some shit, calling out a retired four-star general on a quintessentially military matter. Recap: she's a career academic with no military experience... hey! in BushWorld that makes her a fucking subject matter expert!
I'm guessing that when a POW who is captured and is being mistreated they can always cite Condi's expertise to their captors, as they argue over the "vagaries" of detainee treatment. Then their captors would do exactly what Condi and her Office Husband advocate: torture the shit out of that American POW, because we do it too; all the while Condi would be shopping for those new Designer Shoes and collecting her checks for speaking fees and piano recitals. While her OH clears brush and acts the fool.
Oh, and General Powell, sir, I think the world was "...beginning to doubt the moral basis of our fight against terrorism," the day the first bombs dropped on Baghdad. Just sayin' ... you've just been in the tank too long to know it.
posted by Jo Fish on 09.14.06 at 10:51 PM
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I will never forget that I am an American, fighting for freedom, responsible for my actions, and dedicated to the principles which made my country free. I will trust in my god and in the United States of America.
Hell Jo, why not just give up everything that generations of Americans have fought for because the confused Yalie frat cowboy asks us too? Screw the SCOTUS, what is morally right and legal, and forget about the fact that the methods desired are not even effective... and that this plays right into the hands of our enemies... yeah!!! PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!
