BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. and British troops Thursday freed three Christian peace activists in rural Iraq without firing a shot, ending a four-month hostage drama in which an American among the group was shot to death and dumped on a Baghdad street.
Whoo hoo! Let's hear it for the military!
The Christian Peacemaker Teams said the activists went to Iraq "motivated by a passion for justice and peace." Group volunteers have been in Iraq since October 2002, investigating allegations of abuse against Iraqi detainees by coalition forces. Its teams promote peaceful solutions in conflict zones.
That's great, but where's the "Thank you?"
Co-director Doug Pritchard also called for coalition forces to leave the country. "We believe that the ILLEGAL OCCUPATION of Iraq by Multinational Forces is the root cause of the insecurity which led to this kidnapping and so much pain and suffering in Iraq," Pritchard said.
I guess the military won't be getting that thank you now. Ingrates.
Firssssst!!! Whew, that felt good!
ReplyDeleteWyatt, maybe the military ought to give back these idiots to the kidnappers! That seems to be what they want!!
Next time our guys need to let them rot. Asshats.
ReplyDeleteSssteve - Agreed. Ship 'em back if they don't appreciate their rescue.
ReplyDeleteSK - Unfortunately, you and I know they won't do that. It's a shame.
I heard the Canadians participated in the rescue by sending Kiefer Sutherland.
ReplyDeleteThe kidnappers looked out the window, said "Holy shit! It's Jack Bauer!" and ran like a pack of scared poultry.
F***in' hippies.
ReplyDeleteIngrates indeed!!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry I'm not addressing this post, but I just read something that made me say, "WOW!" On Michael Yon's website, www.michaelyon-online.com, there is an article titled, "Muslim's Blunt Criticism..." It is very interesting and a blunt voice I haven't really heard before. Again, sorry to use this forum, but I thought you'd be interested in reading it, Wyatt.
ReplyDeleteWhat branch of Christianity? The First Church of the Perpetually Ungrateful?
ReplyDeleteBleeps.
When I heard about this today it really ticked me off. Talk about spitting in the face of the brave men and women that saved your ass!!! These people need some serious psychological help and I resent the fact that they call themselves Christians.
ReplyDeleteVox - I think the spokesperson is a Canuck. And we have read how much of an a-hole he is.
ReplyDeleteCUG - Word.
Maria - Yup.
RT - Read it. Loved it.
Bob - Our Lady of Screw America.
LMC - They're liberals first, Christians second.
Typical of you yanks to have to have a thank you. All you care about is having your name in the spotlight. If you hadn't invaded Iraq, these kinds of events wouldn't be happening. Proud to be a Canuck! Not so proud to have to share the Earth with the nation-building yanks.
ReplyDeleteAnon - Yeah, how dare we try and liberate 50 million people? We should have told them to wait for a few hundred years until England finally gave them their freedom . . . just like Canada. Congratulations of 24 years of independence today! Ass.
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