Believe me, it will be a cakewalk just like Iraq.
Posted on 02/19/2007 1:11:43 PM PST by CedarDave
They're striving for international peace.
The Rev. Barbara E. Dua, executive director of the New Mexico Conference of Churches, and Kathleen O'Malley, an Albuquerque therapist, will be part of an ecumenical delegation that will visit Iran seeking peace.
The women are going as part of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, an organization which was founded 93 years ago as an interfaith and international movement toward peace through citizen diplomacy.
"The purpose of this delegation to Iran is to foster peace in an atmosphere of growing hostility between our governments," Dua said.
About 20 people, including Dua and O'Malley, from around the country will leave Feb. 28 and return March 14. "We are going as civilian diplomats in an effort to build friendship and reconcilation between our countries," Dua said.
The delegation will visit Tehran, Esfahan, Shiraz and Qom and will meet with a individuals and groups, including Mohammad Khatami, former president of Iran and the senior Muslim cleric in Qom, a focal point of Shiite Islam. The group will meet with Iranian families for tea and meals in an attempt to better understand their culture.
"We're going to be there more for listening to a great variety of people more than anything," Dua said. "We will be talking religion, culture and politics ... Although I don't know if we will discuss human rights, I'm always concerned with them here and in other countries. So, maybe they will come up."
The ecumenical delegation includes Presbyterians, Quakers, Mennonites and others. Delegates run from college students to retirees.
"Those making the trip to Iran believe that it is more important now then ever to support dialogue between Iran and the U.S.," Dua said. "We desire peace and do not want the U.S. to go to war again based on erroneous information."
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They want to go there, let them go.
Think that this soc-called "Interfaith Group" will inquire about the plight of Bahai's Christians and Jews in Iraq?
--OOPs , in Iran.
I hope they bring some guns and ammo
They'll be wearing their immodest western clothing and get their infidel heads sawed off!
Human Shields? I hope so.
Believe me, it will be a cakewalk just like Iraq.
Their will always be refuse like this among us who would prefer slavery to violence... they are a stain on the species.
Like we did in Serbia and Kosovo?
So these people believe that Saddam's refusal to comply with the UN Resolutions was "erroneous information"? I do not have a problem with these "peace" groups going to Iran. As a matter of fact, I wish more of them would go....and stay there.
I would have said Useful Idiots.
I hope they are informed WE WILL NOT rescue them when they are kidnapped.
And when they leave their wills and life insurance etc are all uptodate.
Hmmmm..I know this person somehow.
I remember that Sally Field movie, "Not Without My Daughter." You would think that the group would have a clue, but the only evil they see is in us, our government. Yes, useful idiots for the Iranians.
Most likely they will not. But sure to ask what they listen to on their ipod?
It just doesn't scan.
AHA!! She was a pastor at my church. IIRC she left to become the head of Women for PCUSA and had to leave due to a documented case of heresy.
They will not be harmed; the government will see them only as a propaganda tool, not a threat. I wonder if they will ask about the student protests and the welfare of those beaten and arrested at the hands of the revolutionary guards?
They will not be harmed; the government will see them only as a propaganda tool, not a threat. I wonder if they will ask about the student protests and the welfare of those beaten and arrested at the hands of the revolutionary guards?
Let them try to pass out Bibles or share their Christian faith in Iran. Unfortunately there will always be naive dupes who will marvel at Potemkin villages and become willing tools of dictators.
Every single one of them is now a Darwin award candidate.
Why do "misguided idealists" always side with the fascists and totalitarians?
Because they are not misguided idealists. They are fascists and totalitarians who lack the courage to declare themselves. They have learned to mimic the language of liberal democracy, they can even mimic the language of religious believers, but they are fascists and totalitarians. By their fruit you will know them.
Nah, the Iranians probably sell burquas in the airport gift shop as well as English copies of the Koran.
Who do I call when they get their butts in hot water to be sure my tax dollars aren't used to 'rescue' them?
That's harsh, I know it, and as a Christian I should be praying that they might do some good.
But, as a realist, I have come to the understanding that when someone says they want me DEAD! Funny, I actually believe them.
Well, we'll see them soon on CNN -- One way (alive and crying) or another (missing/dead).
The Iranians will say and promise anything to these "pets." They have no intention of taking any of it seriously; it's all just a game to pass the time for them. After the women leave, they'll have drinks and a big laugh: sort-of their version of Johnny Carson's "stupid dog tricks."
Remember when a bunch of these lunatics went to Iraq before the war to act as human shields? A little publicized tidbit was that the group was made up of many members of our intelligence community to get some info.
Hopefully CIA has infiltrated these unwashed masses as well.
Well, somebody had to say it...
"They will not be harmed; the government will see them only as a propaganda tool, not a threat."
Bingo. These people will be paraded on Iranian TV as tools of the Iranian government. The Iranian gov't will characterize them in contrast to 'warmongering Bush' or it will demonize them as spies. Either way the Iranian gov't wins and these people will become useful idiots.
"The ecumenical delegation includes Presbyterians, Quakers, Mennonites and others."
....Iran jails these types of people for disobeying the Koran...
"Their will always be refuse like this among us who would prefer slavery to violence... they are a stain on the species."
This should be inscribed above the door on the Jimmy Carter Library. I can't wait.
That proves it: we WILL attack Iran. Hopefully, while they're there.
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