Moral Courage

[Occhidiangela]

Forwarded from a friend, with some cut and paste for brevity's sake.

Terrible Unswift Shields

Attributed to one 2dLT Lance Frizzell, a Tennessee National Guardsman serving in Iraq:

Background: In January ‘03, a group of Western liberals volunteered to go to Iraq as human shields in case the US enforced UN resolutions that Saddam violated. (Occhinote: "Enforced" as in bombing/attacking Iraq.)

The 2dLT's recent blog comments, excerpted below, strike me as spot on.

He quotes an older article about the Human Shields . . .

“. . . they are willing to put themselves in the firing line should US and British forces bomb Iraq. They plan to identify potential bombing targets such as power stations and bridges and act as human shields to protect them.”

and then observes:

Well, I think I have just the job for these globe-travelers: Iraq Election Poll Worker.  They are familiar with the terrain and people, they have a self-professed desire to help and they seem very articulate.  However, their biggest asset is bravery.  If they are willing to hunker down between Coalition Forces and a bridge, standing between a foreign terrorist and a polling precinct should be no big deal.  Any takers?

Fair weather friends of Iraq, anyone?

Occhi