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| Human Shields - The Dunces Of War |
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| For the most part, the war in Iraq is over.� We went in like we said, toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein, and freed the Iraqi people who had been so long oppressed by a ruthless dictator and his sons.� In retrospect everything went according to plan, but when looking back, one can see some pretty ridiculous and dare I say inane attempts at stopping the war. |
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| Take, for instance, the grossly misguided souls who ventured all the way to Iraq to use themselves as human shields.� In a March 2, 2003, article from http://www.telegraph.co.uk, a British news site, the majority of the British human shields left soon after the war started, "deciding that their much-heralded task was now too dangerous."� Apparently standing in front of giant ballistic warheads coming straight at you can be a life threatening thing...who-da-thunk-it?� According to another article on the same website, even the "holy pontiff" himself, Pope John Paul II, was urged to go and serve as a human shield.� Luigi Malerba, a writer for the Rome newspaper La Repubblica, urged the Pope to go by saying, "That which human shield volunteers have gone to Iraq to do, John Paul II could do with much greater authority."� Let's be honest here: the Pope can barely get around without the aid of a wheelchair; do you really think he can stop a war? |
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| It is easy to see that most human shields had good intentions yet lacked an integral element - brains.� Soon after the war started, a news story came back to the United States about an Olympia, Washington, native named Rachel Corrie, who was run over by an Israeli bulldozer about to demolish a house in the Rafah refugee camp.� Sounds tragic enough, right?� Wrong.� Corrie was a member of the International Solidarity Movement, a group that is supported by numerous Palestinian apologist groups and calls for, among other things, divestiture to Israel, or the boycotting of anything Israeli-related.� Furthermore, the building that Corrie died in front of was not being demolished for fun by the Israeli army; it was being demolished because buildings in those camps are frequently used as cover by snipers and terrorist suspects.� It is ironic how groups like the International Solidarity Movement are supported under the guise of promoting peace in the Middle East when, in reality, these groups are supported by terrorist sympathizers who would like to end the so-called "illegal" occupation by Israel.� Such a blatant double standard, wouldn't you agree? |
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| On http://www.humanshields.org, a website littered with massive amounts of anti-US propaganda, I found an interesting statement from an individual by the name of Christiaan Briggs, a statement which pretty much sums up the ludicrous mentality of this movement: "We have proven that a rag-tag bunch of people from all walks of life can bypass our undemocratic governments, act and affect change. We have learnt a lot from this action and we are in no doubt that this movement is only just beginning.� F--k you Bush.� We're gonna monkey wrench your little party."� What a telling statement. |
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Copyright Gerry Wachovsky, 2003, and Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Letters To The Editor Regarding This Article: |
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No Money For Israel |
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(from May 5, 2003) |
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U.S. Should Grant Legitimized Support For Israel |
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(from May 13, 2003) |
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