Bush Says Powell's Criticism Is 'Unacceptable'

"Gen. Colin Powell sent a letter to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) sharply criticizing President Bush's plan to establish military commissions. Powell wrote, 'The world is beginning to doubt the moral basis of our fight against terrorism.' To redefine Common Article 3 would add to those doubts. Furthermore, it would put our own troops at risk."

During today's press conference Bush said that criticism like Powell's was "flawed logic" and 'unacceptable.'

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-- http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/15/bush-powell/

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[andystokie]

No he wasn't, he built a straw man argument, the questioner didn't compare "the american people" with terrorists, he answered a question that he just made up in his own head.

[trainteeth]

bush completely dodges the question

[souljaboyisbad]

holy crap hes a retard

[Pacman27turn28]

I dnt understand why americans peoples dont get to know whos they are president and whos running they are goverment !!!!! Zionist hahahahahahahahah do you realy think the peoples in american are realy weak to understand the truth ? Or they have no freedom to find out about 9-11 ? Fuck you lier

[TheLastAnarchist69]

@0:36 ROFL!! Like a cartoon supervillian. How did we elect this man?

[TheLastAnarchist69]

Thumbs up if George Bush is more entertaining than Sponge Bob.

[Biggerbyte]

Oh, Peter, why don't you go live on that planet where all terrorist roam free. The place where innocent people gladly give up the head on their shoulder because they are too chicken shit to stand up for freedom and dignity. I hear Hitler is alive and well in this very place. I believe they call it HELL.

[peterb37]

The Terrorist in Chief calls the kettle black. State Sponsored terrorism is a way of life for the US Government. Obama has taken up right where Dubya left off.

[beefy69]

yeah like you and daddy do cunt

[enigmism4life]

While he did not answer the question, I think this sort of thinking is insane. Yes terrorists kill innocent people to achieve their objectives, but to wage a war, a hobby war like this, is absolutely guaranteed to not only kill innocent iraqi civilians, but also american soldiers and civilian journalists, workers etc. So in calculating opportunity cost in doing so, is to say, well these lives are worth losing to achieve our political aims, which is not THAT morally different from terrorism.

[Loejyrrab]

@matzner21 Just manted to let you know that your little idiotic comment here is still giving off foul odors even 2 years later. Whew, it's really bad!

[mrjcfromcalifornia]

With the revolutionary wave spreading throughout the Muslim world, one might think that maybe the Iraq war was just the first step in an overall U.S. engagement in the region. All we needed was an impetus, which 9/11 of course provided.