Airport insanity

James A. Donald jamesd at echeque.com
Mon Oct 18 20:41:29 PDT 2004


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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.


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