After all the talk and all the protesting it seems that those who went to Iraq in order to become human shields have had an epiphany; being a human shield is a bit dangerous. In fact, they have come to realize that it was such a dangerous idea that they have decided to leave Iraq before the military action starts because, and get this, they might get hurt. One cannot help but wonder if those who took to the streets so easily a few weekends ago in what was billed as the mother of all anti-war protests (which in reality...