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2003/3/1-2 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:27575 Activity:very high
3/1     GIMME SHELTER Baghdad's Hilarious Human Shields
        http://www.iconoclast.ca/MainPage.asp?page=/NewPage10.asp
        \_ These people are idiots, and are giving principled opposition
           to this war a bad name.
                \_ Exactly which principles are those?  They seem
                   to characterize the pacifist position perfectly.
                   \_ Sane foreign policy.  The rule of law.  A stable
                      world.  The fragile global economy.  Pacifism is
                      quite distinct from a reasonable opposition to this
                      war, which I'm sure you're aware of Mr. Troll.
                        \_ Then what is your middle east solution.
                           The region will only to continue to destablize.
                           Wanting to remove an oppresive dictator
                           and remake the geopolitical dynamic in
                           the middle east is now considered an insane
                           foreign policy?  An exactly which
                           law are you conveniently referring too?
                           Certainly not the Constitution.
                           \_ Kyoto!  We're in violation of Kyoto!  And the
                              international law against land mines!  And the
                              international law that says we have to obey the
                              whims and wishes of every 3rd world crack pot
                              dictator.  And the one that says 'stability' is
                              more important than 'freedom'.  Yeah!  Take that!
                              \_ Um... Didn't _we_ write the law that stability
                                 is more important than freedom?
        \_ I was just gonna point out the irony of having a bunch of
           pacifists support a dictator who (literally) has human
           meat grinders in his prisons for people he doesn't like.
           Who wants to bet on these people being captured and used
           as hostages by Hussien if things get hairy?
                \_ not anymore, he released the entire prison population
                   several weeks ago.  kind of weird.
                   \_ Not really.  Able-bodied men can help defend
                      the country.
                   \_ But he'll still have those useless idiots available as
                      hostages.
        \_ The sad thing is that these people do not realize that US
           military will not hesitate to bomb into oblivion any strategic
           Iraqi targets regardless of whether there are any human shields
           from Western countries present there. Fools.
           \_ and "strategic Iraqi targets" includes "anywhere there are
              people wearing turbans"
              \_ Of course it does.  Why wouldn't it?  Geeze....
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