Human shields struggling in Iraq (Intellectual powerhouse alert)

swissinfo ^ | 03/04/03 | Christine Hauser

[Bahbah]

"Americans tend to see the entire Iraqi people as the enemy."

Right here you know this guy just is dumb as a rock.

[ibbryn]

I think we should hold off on bombing Iraq until the last human shield has gotten cranky and tired and leaves. That will make teasing the shields all the more fun as we kick Iraq's butt.

[PJ-Comix]

Some wear T-shirts imprinted with "Human Shield" in Arabic....

I think we need Registered's services to design a "Human Shield" T-Shirt.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

"Most schools and hospitals have their own generators. And the water purification plants only serve the rich 40-percent of the population," she said. "That changed my mind."

Okay, so... she only believes that poor Iraqi citizens deserve protection. Or, could it be, she actually thought she might be targeted, on top of the water purification plant? So, she is an a liberal who only believes that the poor deserve protection, and a coward. Of course, it is AMERICA'S fault that she wasn't able to fulfill her desire to protect the masses. Iraq would never use human shields, now would they?

[Madame Dufarge]

The shabby Saraya hotel in downtown Amman serves as an impromptu staging post for foreign activists deciding what to do next: stay out or go in.

My money's on "stay out," what with the sitting around and sipping tea, and all.

[richardtavor]

Yeah, but it Arabic, it translates "Human Sanitary Napkin."

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Posted by VRWCmember to Oldeconomybuyer
On News/Activism 03/04/2003 1:24 PM CST #34 of 54

To be effective, a group needs a catchy name -- preferrably one that forms a good acronym. For the human shield organization, I recommend:
Strategic Human Insertion Team: Fostering Obstruction, Resistance, & Barriers, Rejecting American Interests, & National Security.
 

[goldstategop]

They're so committed they're giving up on stopping the war before it even begins. LOL!!!

[blau993]

Welcome to Hotel Saddam:

"You can check out any time of night, but you can never leave."

[amused]

"Americans tend to see the entire Iraqi people as the enemy."

Right here you know this guy just is dumb as a rock.

Since the elder Bush, it has been made clear time and again that our enemy is Saddam and his Ba'ath party. Our media talks about it endlessly. But hey that's gets in the way of propaganda so that fact must be ignored.

[Luna]

Others object to Iraqi interference with the choice of sites

Bwahahahahahaha!!!

You people really thought you'd be able to choose where you plant your body? /snicker, snicker/

Heehee. I love this. These human shields are an eternal source of amusement.

[VRWCmember]

Thanks for the ping and the attribution. I'm rather pleased with that one and have it saved for easy posting to threads related to the human shields.

[woofer]

I think we need Registered's services to design a "Human Shield" T-Shirt.

You bet! Something along the line of "HUMAN SHIELD" in arabic, of course, across the front breast and across the back "STOOPID" with an arrow pointing up.

[Tacis]

Don't these quitters realize that Saddam will now have to murder innocent Iraqis and leave the bodies around military targets so he can claim that they were killed by US weapons? By leaving to protect themselves, these human shields are mandating the deaths of hundreds of innocents. That simply isn't right!

[dogbrain]

Anyone know what O'Keefe is up to?
Where is he?
Is he still following mommy?

[Moosilauke]

Can't wait for the day after Saddam is eliminated and the Iraqi people start cheering the incoming GIs. At that point the shields will be the last vestiges of the Saddam regime and ought to be real popular on the streets of Baghdad.

[Earl B.]

I love these guys (and gals). They only want to be "shields" in those places they know the United States won't actually target. In other words, they ADMIT that the U.S. is possessed of sufficient moral fiber that we WON'T bomb innocent civilians.

But, asked to be a shield at any site which might be a legitimate target, they balk.

Let's recap: The "shields" only want to "protect" those targets which they know the U.S. will never target, thus avoiding any actual danger. Yet, the "shields" refuse to "protect" any site that actually might be bombed.

They aren't shields, they're shills.

I read one story where some shields camped out at a school or hospital (safe), and then Saddam had some troops move in and set up camp adjacent to the "shields'" camp (not safe). So the shields moved, abandoning the innocents located at the hospital (or school) they had wanted to protect.

But I guess we must all give them credit for wanting to be human shields, even though they lack the guts to actually be human shields. For the liberals, life is like a birthday present - it's the thought that counts.

[Wolverine]

Translation

Human Shield, Stupid Pawn of Saddam

[JusPasenThru]

Very good! Maybe they should have a T-shirt sporting this monicker. Design ideas, anyone?