Powell: "The World is Beginning to Doubt the Moral Basis of Our Fight Against Terrorism"

“Powell lent his support to three Republican senators Thursday saying that Congress must not pass Bush’s proposal to redefine U.S. compliance with the Geneva Conventions, a treaty that sets international standards for the treatment of prisoners of war.”

“Powell sent a letter to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., one of the Republican lawmakers seeking limits to legislation on interrogations, in the latest sign of GOP division over White House security.

“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.”

TheStateOf . . . Terror and Colin Powell. General Powell is incorrect–the world has been doubting the moral basis of our war on terror for some time now. It’s only Americans, who watch and read half-baked, corporate news, that have been blind to the immorality of our policies. No government, not even one as powerful as ours, has (or should have) the power to seize people around the world, to torture them, and to hold them idefinitely without charge. The wars in the middle east aren’t about morality; they’re about economics.