Should we modify the Geneva Convention?

When two former Secretarys of State publicly oppose the Bush plan of "clarifying" the Geneva Convention, then its time to re-evaluate the plan. Colin Powell and George Shultz were quoted in the WashingtonPost yesterday explaining their opposition.

I think the concern is that other nations might take the U.S. lead and "clarify" parts of the Geneva Convention that may among other things allow them to torture and mistreat POWs in future wars. This I think is a valid concern. If this was a U.S. law that needed modification, I don't think you'd have seen nearly the opposition that we have seen regarding this. The Geneva Conventions on the other hand are a set of rules that the entire comity of nations abide by in times of war, and if one nation were to modify them, then every other nation can be expected to follow suit.

I think the prudent approach is to leave the Geneva Conventions alone, and find an alternative method to ferret out the information from these terrorists, legally. I am sure there are many brilliant lawyers in Washington D.C., who are quite capable of making this possible.