COWARDLY SHIELDS

Several hundred people calling themselves human shields camped at oil refineries, water treatment plants, electricity generating stations and similar sites during the war. Many were from Europe; about 20 were American. Several people involved in the effort said that none of the sites were attacked while human shields were present.

"That tells me we were successful," said Judith Karpova, a 58-year-old writer in Hoboken, N.J., who placed herself at an oil refinery near Baghdad. "We went there to protect innocent civilians, and I went there to protect my own country against further crimes against humanity and war crimes."

"That tell's me we were successful"???? What it tells me is you are an idiot.

Throughout the buildup and throughout the war the USA made it very clear that this was not to be a war against the Iraqi people....and it was WIDELY reported during the war that a stark difference betweeen this war and Gulf War I is that "the lights are still on in Baghdad".

Indeed, that was the point...we aren't here to punish the innocent Iraqi people.

How many times did GEN Franks make just that point on TV? Rumsfeld? Meyers?

The US military went to great pains to preserve the infrastructure that would help rebuild the peace after the war was over. Key among those pieces of infrastructure are oil refineries, water treatment plants, and electricity generating stations.

The fact these loonies are alive today is proves they haven't a clue about how the US fights wars these days. In WWII everyone of these idiots would be dead. Today, they are alive because we choose targets based on their military worth first.

Oh, and we don't avoid targets because some free-lance writer from Hoboken sits her ignorant ass in front of it. Hate to burst her bubble, but we don't care, and in most cases probably never knew she was there.

However, had she chosen to sit by an anti-aircraft missile site, or an FM communications node, she would be "the late free-lance writer from Hoboken".