Skip to comments.
A human shield's personal story: "I was wrong."
Assyrian Christians.com ^
| 3/2003
| Ken Joseph, Jr.
Posted on 04/02/2003 3:15:36 PM PST by 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at assyrianchristians.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: humanshield; peace; war
1
posted on
04/02/2003 3:15:36 PM PST
by
Lorianne
To: Lorianne
This author may appear on this week's 20/20 show with Barbara Walters. Watch for it.
To: Lorianne
This is a good story, but it must have been posted a dozen times already.
3
posted on
04/02/2003 3:23:33 PM PST
by
68skylark
To: Lorianne
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
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson