[Vision2020] whimpy protests

[Ron Force]

I met a number of the same types in the military in the mid-60's. They were
enthused about an Army career...until war broke out.

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Ron Force	      	  rforce@moscow.com
Moscow Idaho USA
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]On
> Behalf Of Debbie Gray
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 10:49 AM
> To: Vision 2020
> Subject: [Vision2020] whimpy protests
>
>
> Ahh, that subject line got ya, didn't it?
>
> Anyway, this morning I read in the Spokesman Review about a group of
> protesters from Britain, etc. who had loaded themselves into a few double
> decker busses and driven off to Baghdad to volunteer to be human shields.
> Unfortunately, this weekend they decided that it was just too risky and
> that they _could_ be hurt or killed...so they came home.
>
> Now this kind of symbolic effort is completely wasted on me when they are
> willing to risk their lives ... until it becomes possible that they might
> get hurt! Or killed!
>
> And for some reason the Iraq govt. didn't want these group of human
> shields (which is how they were referred to throughout the article)
> anywhere near hospitals or schools. So I wonder if they were herding them
> to Saddam's castles and vacation homes or what?
>
> Aggravated,
>
> Debbie
>
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>   Debbie Gray      dgray@uidaho.edu      http://www.uidaho.edu/~dgray/
>   We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to
>   have the life that is waiting for us." --Joseph Campbell
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