Powell criticizes Arab governments

MSNBC - Powell criticizes Arab governments: "Powell said he has made clear, specifically to Arab leaders, that systematic torture of prisoners is unacceptable anywhere. Yet, he said, their denunciation of the killing of Nicholas Berg, kidnapped while in Iraq seeking business for his Pennsylvania communication company, fell far short of their attacks on the United States for the treatment of detainees at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison."

Good point. One of the main differences between our prison scandal and those of these Middle East dictatorships is that here, it's actually a scandal. You'll rarely -- if ever -- see the governments of Syria, Iran or even Saudi Arabia launching investigations into their own behavior. It was our own military and our own press that brought this scandal to light. That's more than you can say about any Middle East country, except maybe Israel.