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2003-04-02 Iraq

Basra: Iraqi paramilitaries use children as human shields

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Posted by Steve White 2003-04-02 12:25 am|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 IT would shot the peaceniks argument to hell.

Posted by raptor 2003-04-02 06:40:25|| 2003-04-02 06:40:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Words like "pacifist" and "argument" can't be used together in a complete sentence without a negative.

Posted by Bulldog 2003-04-02 06:45:57|| 2003-04-02 06:45:57|| Front Page Top

#3 People's ideologies almost always blind them, it's tragic that the passion that is often needed to affect change tends to overwhelm the rationality to effect a "correct" change.

What I would like to see are photographs of children used as human shields, something to plaster on newsweek.

Posted by DeviantSaint 2003-04-02 09:36:35|| [www.livejournal.com/~deviantsaint] 2003-04-02 09:36:35|| Front Page Top

#4 in the 1930's there were a significant number of Americans, especially intellectuals, who supported Stalin (either as Communist Party members, fellow travelers, or sympathizers). From 1936 to 1939 they were confronted by a series of events, from the "show trials" and purges to the Nazi-Soviet Pact. By 1940 most had ceased to be Stalinist, largely shifting to the anti-Stalinist left (either Trotskyite, Social Democrat, or liberal) A handful shifted all the way to the right (neo-cons ahead of their time). A significant number (especially in Hollywood), however, remained pro-stalinist - when party membership became less tenable, they shifted towards communist-ympathizing "progressive".

So events DO change minds, even extremist's minds (think of some of the human shields who have returned from Baghdad) but some minds are not open to change.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-04-02 12:56:03|| 2003-04-02 12:56:03|| Front Page Top

#5 The leftys wouldn't believe it if it was happening in the street outside of their houses. They'd just refuse to go out and look.

Posted by tu3031 2003-04-02 14:36:18|| 2003-04-02 14:36:18|| Front Page Top

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