Human shield Britons quit Baghdad

The Sunday Telegraph ^ | March 2, 2003 | Charlotte Edwardes

[Vince Ferrer]

We eagerly await the coming news conference in which these mental giants claim victory.

...which in leftist circles must always use the phrase "raised awareness." As in "Well, we totally messed up, but at least we raised awarnes of this important issue."

[Savage Beast]

Looks like they showed the strength of their convictions.

[Doc On The Bay]

HAW!!!

[Diddle E. Squat]

Somehow I'm reminded of that song from "The Music Man" that Shirley Jones sang, "A Sadder Budweiser Girl".

[Budge]

Chortle. Giggle. ROFL!

Perfect response, Mad!

[The Great Satan]

Funniest post of the day.

[ewing]

The guy who ripped up his US passport was detained in three countries on the bus going to Baghdad, don't know if he ever got there..

[Mr. Mulliner]

ROBIN: You tit! I soiled my armour I was so scared!

[swheats]

Here's another funny one.

[xm177e2]

They're just war tourists. Sight-seers who come to see Iraq and stay in fancy hotels and think highly of themselves. They're absolute scum.

[Defiant]

I would like to sign up to be a human shield for the United States of America. I will agree to be deployed to live in a strategic place so that if the Islamo-fascists attack, there will be civilian casualties. I am currently shielding San Diego, but I would be happy to protect New Orleans, San Francisco, Miami, DC or NY if required.

Actually, in this war, we are all human shields.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Damn, now they're getting back into the gene pool.

Like a Baby Ruth bar...

[MinuteGal]

The spin begins.

The liberal excuse now going around is that the shields were "naive". Not stupid, not ignorant, not aiders and abettors of the the bloody tyrant, Saddam.....but, "naive".

Never mind that most of them are highly educated and held or hold responsible jobs (like the former High Sheriff of Nuttingham, er, Derbyshire). Most are of an age not exactly in the teeny-bopper category.

These ADULTS knew exactly what they were doing when they got into this farce. Some of them are turning tail now because they DO know exactly what they're doing. They are NOT naifs.

Cold fear trumps warm fuzzy feelings every time.

Leni

[MississippiMan]

As I said a few days ago: When you have people this dumb, I don't understand how their brains manage to issue commands for their hearts to beat, their lungs to inhale and exhale, etc. It's obvious that some of these morons went there really believing they needed to "shield" orphanages and hospitals from western attack. That's utterly incredible that someone's world view could be so far removed from reality.

MM

[dogbyte12]

Too dangerous means that they actually did realize that america and the UK would try to avoid casualties in civilian areas, which kind of negates their argument in the first place.

It is a big old joke. Secondly, the term "human shields" was popularized by Hussein himself, for the use of hostages to be taken at force to his military facilities after he has already invaded Kuwait in 1990.

These so-called peace activists are not in Iraq protesting anything dear Saddam does, just what Uncle Sam does. It shows a twisting of values that exposes these people for who they are.

[Lady Jag]

What did they expect? Were they planning on booking into the Hyatt with the press?

[Peter Libra]

A bit of fantasy based on fact 'ere. The memory blends and blurs as the poet Rupert Brooke quoth. He was talking of "Grantchester"- ah Grantchester. Well the memory blends and blurs again.

A large red London bus edges its way along an East-end Street. The conductor, after more passengers board- a tired shabbily dressed lot, crisply says "Hold very, very tight". Away the bus goes. They look out at the carnage. They wonder who got it from 'Itlers Luftwaffe in the night. They have to get to work- or else, no bloomin' excuses. "Don'tcha know there's a war on?"

They finish their days work and then, some of them have to do a spot of firewatching. It is 1940.

Meynell, sheriff sir, where is your tradition? You have none. You do not have a Just Cause . That is why you, in the idiom, chickened out.

[metalboy]

Stupid is as stupid does

"Thank you all for coming here to help me defend my genocidal regime...Now if you will kindly sit over by the target area, I`m sure the F-16`s will be here shortly to bomb you to smithereens."

[johniegrad]

Ivan: There's gotta be a reality TV show in here somewhere.

[swampfox98]

Human shield Britons quit Baghdad

Ah, shucks. I was hoping the human shields would "ride out" on the first bomb we dropped. Heck!