I have a responsibilty to my wife and daughter here. I’ll actively oppose the war by using my freedom of speech.
Well, they did say they were picking up people on the way…I’ll be glad to buy your plane ticket.
I say more power to these folks. It’s stupid, ridiculous, and not at all “brave”…but if they feel that’s what they must do, then go for it. I always have respect for the people who put their bodies on the line rather than sitting at home talking about how things should be.
So what will you be doing DtC?
I believe that one of the people in the article had the same situation, and that didn’t stop him.
If I didn’t have a family, I’d go. Right now my first duty is to my wife and child.
Why do you say it isn’t brave, spit? What’s not brave about risking your life for a cause?
BTW, do you think that your country should be supported no matter what it does?
Well, at least you admit that your wife and child is a better cause than playing martyr in the desert.
As far as bravery goes, my dog used to try and stop vehicles from coming into the yard by attacking the tires. Brave…maybe. Still didn’t make him any less of an idiot.
…And in response to “do you think that your country should be supported no matter what it does?”
No.
Your dog is not a sentient being. These people are making a conscious choice to sacrifice their lives to prevent injustice against others. They’re not “playing” martyr. They are martyrs.
No, not until they are killed.
Not intentionally.
Flashes of Jonestown keep popping into my head. I can just see all these kids being talked at by whatever authority figure is in charge, pounding into their heads that “saddam and everyone in the middle east will love us, and there’s absolutely no way dubya will bomb anywhere we could possibly be… we’re absolutely, completely safe”… it’s really sad. It would be something if Bush was really ready to go ahead with the war on all accounts, and the only thing that stopped him were this handful of naive neohippies. Somehow I think it would resolve itself in other ways. I just hope these ways don’t result in their deaths.
Not officially.
Why would that be a bad thing? Bush has absolutely no legal or moral right to invade Iraq in the first place, so wouldn’t it be a great thing if his scummy little war was thwarted by these kids?
“… and I’d’a got away with it if it hadn’t’a been for you pesky kids!”
I didn’t mean to say this would be a bad thing. I’ve been against this war from the beginning. I just meant that I would be surprised if he actually averted war solely because of these people.
That said, maybe their whole of which this particular act is a part will add up to something after all, and they could possibly be the straw that broke the president’s back (though personally i’d use a crowbar)
I know these short posts are annoying… but that’s just plain awesome kabbes.
Ah, Gotcha…but I think it’s possible it might work. It would be awfully bad publicity for Bush if were to deliberately murder American civilians.
I doubt the public will have much sympathy. I don’t think it will work, but I also don’t think these people will get killed. I’m guessing they aren’t going to position themselves in front of militarily important targets (I’m hoping).
Their goal is to protect civilians. Traditionally, the US government doesn’t care about collateral damage to civilians if they are anywhere near (like a fifty mile radius) of something they think might be a military target (like a baby food factory). So maybe the protesters will force the Bushies to be more careful where they bomb.
I cannot call it murder when idiots put themselves in harm’s way. I would easier call it suicide.
They won’t target these knuckleheads. But they won’t let them stand in the way, either.
That said, I don’t think there’s gonna be war. Support is fading, folks are not buying the reasons and you can’t have a tax cut AND a war at the same time.
Bush should make a point of blowing them up first. Perhaps computer chips could be used to tag them and then missiles can be targeted on their locations in Iraq.
In any case, none of them should make it back to THIS country alive.
yeah… let’s celebrate our high ideals by killing MORE people. As has been said, if they participate in the war on the side of the iraqi’s, they’re the enemy and they’re committing treason…if they’re just going over there to protest in a different geographical location, perhaps peacefully stop a war they don’t agree with, they may still be morons but they’re u.s. citizens with every right to come back to this country