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Taking Up The Offer
One of the bloggers (I disremember who) was taking up a collection to offer trips to Baghdad for the anti-war types. Some idiotarians are actually going to Baghdad to serve as human shields for Saddam, though it's not clear that they're aware of the possibility of subsidization by the "warbloggers."
Kelly, who has made 16 trips to Iraq, sounds unflinching. She is driven by the tremendous collateral damage inflicted by today's weapons. The United Nations described the damage to Iraq after the gulf war as "near- apocalyptic."
"You can't be a vegetarian only between meals," said Kelly, 49. "And you can't be a pacifist only between wars."
She has been blunt when recruiting volunteers for this trip: "We are asking people to be able to say they have had a good life and this could be their last year."
She hasn't been paying attention. The precision on weaponry had increased tremendously since the Gulf War. Collateral damage will be minimal. The problem is, she probably considers all damage to Iraq as collateral.
She shouldn't worry too much about the getting killed thing, though. They'll always be able to surrender to French journalists, just like the Republican Guard does.
[Update at 2:40 PM PDT]
Now I remember. It was the Shropshire Challenge courtesy of Dr. Weevil.
Posted by Rand Simberg at September 29, 2002 12:17 PM
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At the risk of being indelicate " If Kelly gets a 500 pound (250 Kilo) bomb dropped on her would the world care?" Not in my corner...
Posted by Andromeda at October 3, 2002 01:32 PM
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