".........In fact, Mr. Powell was said to believe that in the end, most would not qualify as P.O.W.'s.

"The debate is not actually over whether these people are prisoners of war," this official said. "They are not. The debate is why they are not prisoners of war. However it gets decided, these guys are not going to get open canteens, not going to get paid a salary, not have the right to import scientific instruments." "
It is a tough situation:
We ARE treating the prisoners well, and they are not being abused, according to all reports made.
Yet they are of course being used as pawns by our enemies for propaganda.
How do we keep a tiny number of violent, murderous men from becoming a tail that wags a dog?
Obviously Sec.oState Powell and Bush searching for a logical nd useful way to resolve this.
Ed