You mean Saddam isn't the good guy?

[adderslj]

As regular readers will know, I'm firmly in the "Not keen on the idea of war, but accept that it might be necessary" camp. I'm also in the "there are bloody idiots on both sides" camp. Case in point, the human shield members who have quit Iraq because the Iraqi government wanted to put them in military targets.

Did they really think that the Iraqis would put them in civilian installations? For a start, the Iraqis are quite happy to kill their own civilians, so they aren't going to be too concerned about other people doing it. Secondly, believe it or not, if we do go in, we won't be targeting civilian buildings intentionally.

Much as I applaud growing particpiation in the political debate, I do suggest people apply a modicum of thought and research first.

Comments

[gwenix.livejournal.com]

Hey, despite my being so very clearly anti-war right now, I think those people who went over there deserve everything coming to them.

[thebitterguy]

My reaction to these guys was why don't they just join the fucking PEace Corps or something? They'd be doing something almost constructive.

Is there still a peace corps?

[adders.livejournal.com]

You're asking the wrong guy. It's an American thing, I believe...

[jfs.livejournal.com]

Substitute Peace Corps for VSO for cross Atlantic translation, IIRC.

[adders.livejournal.com]

Apparently the VSO thing is struggling:

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml;?xml=/global/2003/03/03/elexpa03.xml

[jfs.livejournal.com]

But it also says things are turning around.

Though a Housemartins quote did flit through my mind:

Too many hands in too many pockets, not enough hands on heart.

Re:

[thebitterguy]

Yeah, that's true. Dunno. The Queen's Own Third World Development & Buggery Corps?