A Methodist pastor from New Jersey has some second thoughts about being a "human shield":
The Iraq Peace Team, part of Voices in the Wilderness, returned from Baghdad on Tuesday, Boyle said. It reported growing anti-American tension among civilians there now that another resolution is on the table at the United Nations. The word on the streets of Amman is that the shields are getting the best hotel rooms in Baghdad, three meals a day and computers.No excrement, Sherlock! Somehow I get the feeling that he's led a rather sheltered life.
"But there has been absolutely no word about them getting out or no word about where they are placed. They are just placed," said Boyle, who was told that one group is staying next to an army base.
"While I didn't want to believe the cynical things the Bush administration was saying about the shields and how they might be used when I first heard it, I'm starting to see those things may be true. That has me worried for those folks. They really don't have a lot of independence."
But it isn't stopping the Rev. - he's still off to Baghdad to be a "shield". Maybe he'll get to guard one of the swanky palaces?
