Fearless Powell

Seems that Colin Powell, not that he's no longer part of the administration has finally recaptured his manhood.

Exerpt:

I've found Colin Powell's sudden display of fearlessness particularly significant. And there was nothing common about his opposition to the Bush administration's attempt to redefine Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions.

Rejecting the White House spin that it was merely hoping to "clarify" the Convention's stance on cruel and inhuman treatment of detainees, Powell framed the debate in the most profound way possible, as a moral question, not a legal one.

"The world is beginning to doubt the moral basis of our fight against terrorism," he wrote in a letter to John McCain. "To redefine Common Article 3 would add to those doubts."

Too little, too late?