[CedarDave]

Sigh. In their minds it's always the US that is wrong, the aggressor, the warmonger. The group might be asked, how do you make "peace" with a country that denies its citizens the freedom to worship the very religions represented by the group, and whose leader denies the Holocaust and threatens to destroy Israel every chance he gets?

[kinoxi]

They want to go there, let them go.

[AU72]

Think that this soc-called "Interfaith Group" will inquire about the plight of Bahai's Christians and Jews in Iraq?

[woofie]

I hope they bring some guns and ammo

[JimRed]

They'll be wearing their immodest western clothing and get their infidel heads sawed off!

[unkus]

Human Shields? I hope so.

[ex-snook]

Believe me, it will be a cakewalk just like Iraq.

[johnny7]

Their will always be refuse like this among us who would prefer slavery to violence... they are a stain on the species.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

"We desire peace and do not want the U.S. to go to war again based on erroneous information."

Like we did in Serbia and Kosovo?

[Chena]

From the article, "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."

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.

[Tijeras_Slim]

(Misguided idealists)

I would have said Useful Idiots.

[dleecomeback07]

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.

[AppyPappy]

Barbara E. Dua

Hmmmm..I know this person somehow.

[BigFinn]

"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."

Most likely they will not. But sure to ask what they listen to on their ipod?

[Stultis]

Peace through insufferably smug moral superiority.

It just doesn't scan.

[AppyPappy]

Prior to joining the national staff she served as associate pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Greensboro, N.C

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.

[The Great RJ]

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.

[Centurion2000]

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.

Every single one of them is now a Darwin award candidate.

[marron]

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.

[b4its2late]

Maybe they'll keep them.

[Shadowstrike]

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).