I think this shows how easy it is to take one's freedom for granted in countries like the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, and of course many others. We hear so many people throwing around the words "freedom" and "democracy" that some people get numb to them. They can often feel like a birthright rather than something that must be earned and defended.
The human shields idea is pure folly. Some people suggested that the human shields were brave and standing up for what they believe in. Once they saw what Saddam's regime is like, many of those brave shields fled the country. Having an armed escort everywhere they went and being forced to go to obvious military targets didn't quite fit with their vision of Casa Baghdad. Your host for this magnificent journey? Saddam Hussein!
Didn't they know? Saddam took Westerners prisoner during Gulf War I and placed them in the same places the shields were volunteering to go to. They were volunteering to do something that the world was outraged about just 10 years ago. They even used the same name, "human shields" that Saddam's regime used back then. Doesn't that insult the people that were abducted by Saddam just a decade ago - a group that included a five year old boy? I think it does.
Have things been that good for us that some of us are willing to go to the country of one of the most brutal and repressive regime's in history by any standard and defend it? For the most part, no. Those people are starting to come home now. It's not worth it they are learning. The rest of us knew all along. Those people were naive. The rest should come home.
Last edited by Colin at Mar 14 2003, 05:33 AM
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