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Lead Us Not Into Temptation...
By Marni Soupcoff 01/27/2003
Reuters is reporting that a convoy of mostly Western volunteers is setting off for Iraq to act as "human shields" at various points around Baghdad. The idea is to stave off possible U.S. attacks on Iraq by having a bunch of folks getting in the way of U.S. bombs. As Ken Nichols, one of the human shield organizers put it: "The potential for white Western body parts flying around with the Iraqi ones should make them think again about this imperialist oil war."
Well, Ken, I wouldn't hold your breath. See, the thing about stopping people from dropping bombs on you is that you have to be someone for whom the people dropping the bombs actually have sympathy. So, in this case, you would have to be someone the leaders of the United States actually care about. Whiny left-wing publicity-seekers who support brutal Iraqi regimes, don't - generally speaking - qualify.
Yes, that's got to be the way to go for the peaceniks (http://www.techcentralstati on.com/1051/defensewrapper.jsp?P ID=1051-350&CID=1051-012703B)
Lead Us Not Into Temptation...
By Marni Soupcoff 01/27/2003
Reuters is reporting that a convoy of mostly Western volunteers is setting off for Iraq to act as "human shields" at various points around Baghdad. The idea is to stave off possible U.S. attacks on Iraq by having a bunch of folks getting in the way of U.S. bombs. As Ken Nichols, one of the human shield organizers put it: "The potential for white Western body parts flying around with the Iraqi ones should make them think again about this imperialist oil war."
Well, Ken, I wouldn't hold your breath. See, the thing about stopping people from dropping bombs on you is that you have to be someone for whom the people dropping the bombs actually have sympathy. So, in this case, you would have to be someone the leaders of the United States actually care about. Whiny left-wing publicity-seekers who support brutal Iraqi regimes, don't - generally speaking - qualify.
Yes, that's got to be the way to go for the peaceniks (http://www.techcentralstati on.com/1051/defensewrapper.jsp?P ID=1051-350&CID=1051-012703B)