I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half.~Jay Gould

Human Shields

by: chill

Wed Feb 23, 2011 at 01:00:00 AM MST

I was thinking about the "human shields" who went into Iraq, 2003-- in advance of the bombing:

More human shield volunteers are on their way to Iraq. At their peak in Iraq they numbered approximately 500. The action's primary goal was to make the bombing and invasion of Iraq politically untenable. In this goal the action obviously failed.

Well, of course it failed-- but at least they tried. Many of them were Quaker or Mennonite, I read, not rabid or unhinged, precisely-- but that's how I remember them since not pointlessly bombing sh*t is fringe behavior.

And it continues...

A Mall in Iran

Human Shield Army Hits 10,000

AN anti-war group has recruited its 10,000th volunteer to act as a human shield if US soldiers invade Iran. The Human Shield Movement says supporters from 22 countries have pledged to go on the mission. They are ready to travel to Iran and position themselves around civilian sites and infrastructure in a bid to prevent an attack.

I hope they station some people in the malls, they could hang out with all the other people who are already there. A lot of shopping gets done in a country of 71 million humans.

chill :: Human Shields