A human shield's personal story: "I was wrong."

Assyrian Christians.com ^ | 3/2003 | Ken Joseph, Jr.

[Lorianne]

How do you admit you were wrong? What do you do when you realize those you were defending in fact did not want your defense and wanted something completely different from you and from the world?

This is my story. It will probably upset everybody - those with whom I have fought for peace all my life and those for whom the decision for war comes a bit too fast.

[Black Bart]

This author may appear on this week's 20/20 show with Barbara Walters. Watch for it.

[68skylark]

This is a good story, but it must have been posted a dozen times already.

[HighRoadToChina]

You should post the entire article. If not, at least the last section along with the first section. Kind of reminds me of the beautiful article by John Derbyshire titled "A Love Letter."

The Iraqi guard had not only courage but great love for his people to do what he did which essentially was "suicide" for him and maybe his entire family.

http://www.nationalreview.com/derbyshire/derbyshire041801.shtml