-- James A. Donald:
Sadre protected himself with Iraqi women and young children as human shields, showing that he expected the Pentagon to show more concern for Iraqi lives than he did.
Thomas Shaddack
Pentagon protects their people by distance - being it by bombing from high altitude, or by using cruise missiles.
Everybody uses the technology available to them. What's bad on it?
Invariably, the side that uses the defensive measure - being it smart weapons[1] or human shields - classifies it as tactical, while the other side considers it cowardly.
But no one would ever use human shields as a protection against Sadr. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG baNQWrpILKDhhFIBGXuMuSPmLUwgDjnVj7KGTDrs 4cKV4IqQITCwrJCTQCt5kQpfh5eiP+IX2EqGFdRA8