British Human Shields Exit Iraq for Home On Friday, the head of Sweden's largest peace organization urged human shields to leave Iraq, saying they were being used for propaganda purposes by Saddam Hussein.
Maria Ermanno, chairwoman of the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society, cited reports that Iraqi officials were arranging transportation, accommodations and news conferences for the human shields.
"To go down to Iraq and live and act there on the regime's expense, then you're supporting a terrible dictator. I think that method is entirely wrong," Ermanno told Swedish Radio. [AP World News]
At least someone in the peace movement has their head on straight. Clearly, Mr. Hussein was going to send them to the locations he decided should be protected, rather than those the peace activists chose (big surprise there - he's a dictator).
Hopefully this will wake the peace movement up from their naive slumber and help them address the issue from a realistic perspective. If we are to avoid war, then the anti-war camp needs to come up with a realistic plan to take care of the threat posed by Saddam Hussein, both to his own people and to the world.
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