Human shields in Iraq try to make war personal

Reuters | 3/04/03 | Christine Hauser

[JennysCool]

"Americans tend to see the entire Iraqi people as the enemy.

No, they do NOT, idiot.

[mhking]

Did they update their personal life insurance policies before they left?

[TADSLOS]

"Americans tend to see the entire Iraqi people as the enemy. One of the things we want to do is humanise the Iraqis because it is a lot more difficult to drop a bomb on a person."

No we don't and no, it isn't.

[ohioman]

I hope these folks suffer the same fate as Saddam. Traitors, all of them.

[Dont Mention the War]

"Americans tend to see the entire Iraqi people as the enemy."

Oh, bulls---, you delusional jerk.

Oh, excuse me, I meant to say you delusional COWARD.

[dead]

"Most schools and hospitals have their own generators. And the water purification plants only serve the rich 40-percent of the population," she said. "That changed my mind."

Any port in a storm, I guess.

You can’t tell all your admirers at the wine-and-brie social that you were merely a chickenshit.

[CindyDawg]

Why did we let them come back? The CIA should have picked these guys up and taken them somewhere to chat.

[mbynack]

"...it is a lot more difficult to drop a bomb on a person."

Only if they're driving really fast. If they're dug into a bunker they're pretty easy to hit.

[Ciexyz]

Leftist idiots. Head off for a beach somewhere and smoke pot.

[Blue Scourge]

Ahhh, "National Lampoon's Iraqi vacation" continues. Did these fools really think the Iraqi govt. wanted them to guard civilian targets? Wonder what they will think when Saddam lines up the dissidents as "shields" to guard buildings right next to them...

[freedomlover]

"Most schools and hospitals have their own generators. And the water purification plants only serve the rich 40-percent of the population," she said. "That changed my mind."

So they are not "for the Iraqi people", just 60 percent of them. I get it. Sounds familiar.

[demosthenes the elder]

""Americans tend to see the entire Iraqi people as the enemy. One of the things we want to do is humanise the Iraqis because it is a lot more difficult to drop a bomb on a person.""

Oh, fer Pete's sake!
Do we drop bombs on DOGS?
Only human opponents are worthy of the materiel of war, dumbass.

[demosthenes the elder]

You have just created a very good title for a book on this lunacy. Run with it - you'll get rich, and these idiots will get (posthumously? we can hope...) humiliated. That's a win-win scenario if ever I have seen one.

[richardtavor]

I hope so, because they will have paid good money for a policy that will be null and void (act o' war clause.)

[T'wit]

Uh huh, it's the usual hippie doper Red Diaper baby nitwits pretending to be fearless and dedicated -- whenever there's a reporter around to listen. But when they figure out that they are assigned to stand in front of real targets, ohdearohdearOHDEAR, they tuck their tails between their legs and flee back to evil old Milwaukee.

[Michael.SF.]

said Sue Darling: "I feel a sense of obligation to the Iraqi people. But the choices have now been foreclosed."

Did it ever occur to her that maybe what is best for the Iraqi people is to have Saddam removed?

[dfwgator]

The most danger these idiots would face is after the war when they would have to explain themselves to the Iraqi people as to why they would support the man who has made their lives a living hell for the past 30+ years.

[demosthenes the elder]

"Despite the collegial atmosphere, the realities of war are not overlooked."

Ah. Really?
I see no mention is made of the probable tactics of the Iraqis, who will very likely kill a few "shields" and toss them on the crater of any dropped bomb, "guaranteeing" that an American strike WILL "kill civilians"
How's THAT for the REAL reality of THIS war?