BTW, calling them "human shields" is just plain asinine.

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Tom Brosz — 8/5/2004 11:14:37 PM (archived)

The entire concept of a human shield is based on the premise that the attacker will be reluctant to harm his own people. None of our enemies have shown the slightest reluctance to kill many of their own to achieve their ends. Do you honestly think filling the entire building with Iraqis would keep attackers from lobbing mortars in there?

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Kerry, drawing on his Vietnam experience, explains his Iraq exit solution. - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2004 3:21:41 AM
- By the way, what's Bush's? After he finds the WMDs, of course. (n/t) - Bowser - 8/5/2004 5:18:45 AM
  - Win. Even if France doesn't want us to. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2004 5:22:52 AM
    - Define "win" in realistic terms. I thought it meant finding WMD. - Bowser - 8/5/2004 5:56:49 AM
      - re: "win" in realistic terms. - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2004 7:46:27 AM
        
        If Bush had found 5,000 nuclear missiles, our action of preemptively invading a nation on the basis of imminent threat would have been true. - Mary Anne - 8/5/2004 12:45:09 PM
        
        Okay, it would have been true. Then what? - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2004 4:20:10 PM
        
        Fascinating link (cyberussr), thanks Tom (n/t) - McFly - 8/6/2004 5:34:09 PM
        
        Some defenses are better than others - Robert - 8/5/2004 9:12:13 PM
        
        BTW, calling them "human shields" is just plain asinine. - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2004 11:14:37 PM
        
        Speaking of asinine - Robert - 8/6/2004 5:19:40 PM
        
        So, where in Iraq would the prisoners have been absolutely safe? - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2004 11:09:30 PM
        
        So, how does that make it not a violation of the Geneva Conventions? - Robert - 8/6/2004 5:12:11 PM
        
        So, where in Iraq would the prisoners have been absolutely safe? - Tom Brosz - 8/6/2004 7:11:23 PM
        
        Red herring - Robert - 8/6/2004 7:43:46 PM
        
        re: Some defenses are better than others - gbaikie - 8/5/2004 9:45:26 PM
- BTW, I don't blame Kerry or his staff for this one. - Tom Brosz - 8/5/2004 5:13:04 AM

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