Tuesday, March 18, 2003

"Human Shields"

Calling themselves "human shields," groups of Westerners, including some Americans, are volunteering to encamp at potential bombing targets throughout Iraq in what they say is an effort to protect the people of Iraq if there is a war. What they're really doing is putting themselves and others in danger for a dubious cause.
During the Persian Gulf war, I too was a human shield — though not by choice. I was held hostage by the Iraqi secret police at a possible military target near Baghdad, and the point wasn't to protect Iraqis, but the Iraqi war machine.

The rest of the story is here. Thanks to Jerry Pournelle for the citation.

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