My friend is going to Iraq as a human shield

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by Azazel
hope he's not hurt, Cali.

Thanks, me too.

[Ozz]

Re: My friend is going to Iraq as a human shield

Originally posted by Caligastia
I think he's really gone off the deep end with these crazy human shield people...

He is right, at the wrong time.
It's everybody else who have "gone off the deep end"

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Caligastia
I imagine they would stay in civilian areas, but who's to say Saddam's thugs won't force them into their military areas in an attempt to stop the US from attacking?

Yeah, that's exactly the thing--even a hippie should realize Saddam is a ruthless dictator who would use the Westerners cynically.

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov


Yeah, that's exactly the thing--even a hippie should realize Saddam is a ruthless dictator who would use the Westerners cynically.

These people don't seem to understand the way the world works. I just hope it doesn't cost my friend his life.

[SlowwHand]

Wait a minute, hold the phone, time out.

"I mean, I may be opposed to what the U.S. is planning to do there,"

but,

"Yeah, that's exactly the thing--even a hippie should realize Saddam is a ruthless dictator who would use the Westerners cynically."



Well, all righty then.

[JCG]

These people are not going to make a difference, as isolated idealism is useless in the current situation, sadly....

[Kropotkin]

Beside the fact that going to Iraq as a human shield indirectly means support for Saddam it's not necissary. The Iraqi regime will probably do their best to gather up a reasonable number of forced human shields. The sad part is that people would make a big deal if they actually bombed one of those that goes there out of their own free will while Iraqi civilian deaths will be not much more than statistics.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Wait a minute, hold the phone, time out.

"I mean, I may be opposed to what the U.S. is planning to do there,"

but,

"Yeah, that's exactly the thing--even a hippie should realize Saddam is a ruthless dictator who would use the Westerners cynically."

Well, all righty then.

How many times do we have to explain it to you that opposition to the current U.S. policy isn't because we think Saddam is a great guy?