Inside the deluded world of the 'human shields'

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

[ThinkingMan]

PROZAC?! They bought Prozac for the Iraqis? I have not laughed this hard for a long time- Thanks Ivan!

[xJones]

O'keefe was arrested in Turkey for traveling on a forged passport. He never even made it into Iraq, at least that was the las I heard.

Regretfully for the Baghdaddies, O'Keefe arrived. Dear diary.

[smokeyjon]

He was ranting like a crazy man. If anyone even slightly disagreed with them, he just started yelling and threatening to stop the interview.

[smokeyjon]

If I'm not mistaken, he was carrying a "passport" that declared him a "Citizen of the Planet Earth".

[Oztrich Boy]

We always understood that human shield meant a shield of humans

It's the old To serve Man mistake

[M-cubed]

guess they shoulda read Colin Powells rules to live by before they left....#5 clearly states....Be careful what you choose, you may get it!...You wanted to be human shield...Now ya are 'em!....( and I hate to say it but...*LMAO*... WE TOLD YOU SO!)

[Oztrich Boy]

Man, this is great... 20 Iraqi Oil Refinery guards for every 8 'human shields'-I wonder what that means!!

Do the math. If 1 in 10 of the recent protesters can be persuaded to become human shields, the entire Iraqi milatary will be escorting them, leaving it open for a troop of Girl Scouts to capture Saddam.

[laurav]

This reporter has done a really good job. Does anyone have her email address? I suggest people contact her and let her know how great these articles documenting the human shields' activities have been.

[jennyp]

you're never too old to join the Children's Crusade.

That ... says ... it ... all!

[MississippiMan]

Later, a £500 donation from a well-wisher in Istanbul was squandered on boxes of Prozac in a misguided attempt to cheer up the war-weary Iraqi civilians.

Shaking head here. Unbelievable.

MM

[houstonian]

...the deluded world...

It's becoming painfully obvious.

[MonroeDNA]

I laughed so hard at this!!!!

Rush is going to have a field day come Monday with this. Geeze this is so funny!

"Survivor, Human Shields: Dysfunctional leftist lunatic fringe votes themselves off the Island."

ROTFLMAO!!!!

[maica]

If Gilbert & Sullivan were still writing operettas they would find a lot of material here.

[CyberAnt]

"Useful Idiots"

[TADSLOS]

It's going to be really, really tough picking Darwin Award winners this year. The field of competitors is flooded.

[M-cubed]

We will stop the war," he would tell me cheerfully everyday. "If that doesn't happen, I'm taking my buses back to London - with a detour via the vineyards of Lebanon."....
Not to be mean, but... couldn't we spare a couple of "errant" smart bombs for those busses just for effect!...Ok! OK!...so it was meant to be mean!

[Deb]

What a brilliant piece. No one but the Telegraph is telling the real (goofball) story of the human shields.

[torchthemummy]

The only form of credit I'll dispense on these misguided people is that at least they back up their words with life-threatening action - to themselves. A hell of a lot more than the leaders of the Peace Movement.

[Kitten1]

OMG, this is HILARIOUS!! Between reading this and the other article you posted, I still have tears running down my face!

The best comedy is always rooted in truth.

Keep it coming.

I rarely post but I had to thank you for highlighting a truth rarely reported on. I also sent a message of thanks to the reporter.