The Power Of Positive Thinking

Just heard a new twist on a news story that's been on the wire for at least several days. The new crop of kidnap victims in Iraq, who were supposed to be killed on Thursday if lots of Iraqi scumbags were not released from jails, is- drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrum roll plllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeease: PEACE ACTIVISTS

wow.

poetic justice?

cosmic joke?

not to be a conspiracy theorist or anything, but i find it odd that today- thursday- is the first day i am hearing about why these poor sweet innocent people found themselves in such a hostile environment. not that eveyone would not jump on the sympathy wagon for people who knowingly put themselves in harm's way in order to accomplish nothing except ticking people off...

even if you believe in your heart of hearts that this war is wrong, unjust, or whatever- even if you believe that we have a right to protest (well, actually, they have no right to protest in Iraq, but we don't need to go there...)- even if you believe that these were well intentioned people who are now being victimized by their captors- how can you not hold them accountable for being there in the first place? no, this is not "blame the victim". this is just common sense. don't go to a war zone in a decidedly undemocratic country, with roving bands of hateful psychos, where the society and culture supports acts of violence against innocent bystanders and not have, at least in the back of your naive/compassionate/empty mind, that something bad just might happen.

but, being the blogblond, i have thought this through and come up with the solution to their plight: they should just talk to their captors, and i'm sure they'll be let go. yeah, they think we should not ever go to war, that instead we should talk to the maniacal dictators that are slaughtering and torturing their own countrymen, so they should try that. obviously, everyone at heart is good and kind- the mean agressive imperialist US just doesn't give them a chance... so, here's the chance for everyone to come out a winner. by talking to their kidnappers (some wackos called the Sword of Insane Evil, or something like that), the peace activists can show that talking really does work. the swordsmen can finally be heard and understood- cuz all anyone really wants here is warm fuzzies and a little communication, right? and the US can be poven wrong and impatient and uncaring and whatever else the left is alleging.

perhaps cindy shehan can donate some of the proceeds from her mega-selling book (like 100 copies, right?) to buy aroma therapy candles and old navy fleece-wear to set the tone for a proper sharing and caring environment. i wonder why the captives have not tried this yet? maybe it just takes a blond to solve the world's problems.

can't we all just get along?