50 protestors left England in a double decker bus bound for Iraq to act as human shields.
Just how far is that?
Did they charter the bus or buy it?
Why a bus?
Why not fly to Iraq if they are that dedicated? Can't cost much more than the bus trip and provisions on the trip. Saddam would probably pick up the tickets anyway for the publicity.
Answers.
They are only interested in a symbolic gesture as symbolism speaks louder than words. Especially from the dead mouths of nitwits after the bombing starts.
Covering their ass with using a bus to make a trip that covers several thousand kilometers (or even miles) cause they realize the best place to be when the bombs are dropped is any place where you can say, "WTF was that?"
Why not fly? Hey a long bus trip with folk songs, weed, Blue Nun and Mateus wine and connecting with the wonderful peace loving people along the way, it is like so being one with the earth.
There are definitely different levels of dedication.