| Oh yay -- Darwin is recruiting again. |
While many Western nations are evacuating their citizens from Syria and the neighbors countries ahead of a potential US strikes, human rights activists are planning to enter the war-torn country and act as "human shields" against a US assault, Britain's The Telegraph reported Saturday. Cindy? Medea? Get your plane tickets yet? Just hit up Casey's life insurance money again. Or maybe Sean Penn will bankroll yas...
The 'International Human Shields' movement, started by a group of activists in Britain and the US, plans to bring to Syria civilians from countries around the globe, who will try to deter US strikes on the country by staking out potential military targets.
"C'mon, it's Obama. He wouldn't dare blow us all away just to make himself look presidential, would he? Would he? WOULD HE???"
"Sorry, Rainbeaux, but I think I'm gonna be doing...sumthin."
It is unclear whether the Syrian regime will allow the group to enter the country, but Franklin Lamb, a lawyer recently appointed as the legal adviser for the group said he had been "inundated" with requests from activists including from Canada, France, Italy, the US, and Britain.
Oh, inundated, I tells ya!
Many of those volunteering to go to Syria also took part in the "Human Shields" movement that travelled to Baghdad in 2003, initially to protect hospitals and schools, and later, key government infrastructure sites.
Yeah, and that worked out well. As I recall, they were loooong gone when the shooting started.
| Except for the ones that were chained to actual military targets. As I recall, those special ones were not pleased about it... |
| "Hey, wait a danged minute. This ain't a baby milk factory!" |
I guess it was too crowded over at the poison gas factory...
They are trying to protect the site from possible US attack, Sky News reported. They wear white T-shirts with the logo, "Over our dead bodies".
Too bad for them that TLAMs can't read...
One of the organizers is 21-year-old law student Hussain Othman. He says he started the sleep in "to protect Syria".
He said: "We will continue until the end. We are civilians. We are against any military strikes."