Volunteer "human shields" to head for Iraq

[Dennis Perrin]

> It would be pointless to
> send "human shields" because there is no symbolic value in
> there.  You might as well ask if the "human shields" would
> rather take up arms and form a brigade against the Kurds
> and Shias to protect Saddam?  Stupid?  You bet!
>
> Why do 'human shields' want to be 'human shields'? Because
> it would be bad PR if Britian or the US dropped a bomb on a
> large group of their own people?
>
>
> The analogy fails my friend!

So the human shields are interested in symbolism and not Iraqi civilians
overall. In other words, the Iraqis could be any group of wogs in the West's
crosshairs. Once the crosshairs are lifted, the shields go home and the
Iraqis are on their own. That's solidarity for you!

DP